quaint 音标拼音: [kw'ent]
a . 古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的
古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的
quaint adj 1 :
strange in an interesting or pleasing way ; "
quaint dialect words "; "
quaint streets of New Orleans ,
that most foreign of American cities "
2 :
very strange or unusual ;
odd or even incongruous in character or appearance ; "
the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name "-
Bill Beatty ;
"
came forth a quaint and fearful sight "-
Sir Walter Scott ; "
a quaint sense of humor "
3 :
attractively old -
fashioned (
but not necessarily authentic );
"
houses with quaint thatched roofs "; "
a vaulted roof supporting old -
time chimney pots " [
synonym : {
old -
time }, {
quaint },
{
olde worlde }]
Quaint \
Quaint \,
a . [
OE .
queint ,
queynte ,
coint ,
prudent ,
wise ,
cunning ,
pretty ,
odd ,
OF .
cointe cultivated ,
amiable ,
agreeable ,
neat ,
fr .
L .
cognitus known ,
p .
p .
of cognoscere to know ;
con noscere (
for gnoscere )
to know .
See {
Know },
and cf . {
Acquaint }, {
Cognition }.]
1 .
Prudent ;
wise ;
hence ,
crafty ;
artful ;
wily . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Clerks be full subtle and full quaint . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Characterized by ingenuity or art ;
finely fashioned ;
skillfully wrought ;
elegant ;
graceful ;
nice ;
neat .
[
Archaic ] "
The queynte ring ." "
His queynte spear ."
--
Chaucer . "
A shepherd young quaint ." --
Chapman .
[
1913 Webster ]
Every look was coy and wondrous quaint . --
Spenser .
[
1913 Webster ]
To show bow quaint an orator you are . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Curious and fanciful ;
affected ;
odd ;
whimsical ;
antique ;
archaic ;
singular ;
unusual ;
as ,
quaint architecture ;
a quaint expression .
[
1913 Webster ]
Some stroke of quaint yet simple pleasantry .
--
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
An old ,
long -
faced ,
long -
bodied servant in quaint livery . --
W .
Irving .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn : {
Quaint }, {
Odd }, {
Antique }.
Usage :
Antique is applied to that which has come down from the ancients ,
or which is made to imitate some ancient work of art .
Odd implies disharmony ,
incongruity ,
or unevenness .
An odd thing or person is an exception to general rules of calculation and procedure ,
or expectation and common experience .
In the current use of quaint ,
the two ideas of odd and antique are combined ,
and the word is commonly applied to that which is pleasing by reason of both these qualities .
Thus ,
we speak of the quaint architecture of many old buildings in London ;
or a quaint expression ,
uniting at once the antique and the fanciful .
[
1913 Webster ]
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "
quaint ":
absurd ,
acquaint ,
amusing ,
antiquated ,
antique ,
archaic ,
bizarre ,
curious ,
droll ,
eccentric ,
fanciful ,
fantastic ,
freaked out ,
freaky ,
funny ,
hilarious ,
humorous ,
idiosyncratic ,
incongruous ,
kooky ,
laughable ,
ludicrous ,
odd ,
oddball ,
off ,
off the wall ,
offbeat ,
old -
fashioned ,
out ,
outlandish ,
passing strange ,
peculiar ,
picturesque ,
present ,
priceless ,
queer ,
quizzical ,
rich ,
ridiculous ,
risible ,
screaming ,
singular ,
strange ,
uncommon ,
unconventional ,
unearthly ,
unorthodox ,
unusual ,
weird ,
whimsical ,
witty ,
wondrous strange
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