Quaint – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

The word of the day is ‘quaint’.

The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.

No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.

It means:
1. Strange
2. Odd
3. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
4. Peculiar

1. It was impossible to praise it as beautiful, but it was also impossible to damn it as quaint.
2. And then there are the quaint epitaphs on the gravestones, of which many have made collections
3. It was of finer material than most of the “Egyptians,” and the fashion was quaint and graceful.
4. The Owlet is a twin to that quaint little bird, so its name flew to her and stayed.
5. Dorothy laughed long and merrily at the quaint ideas of her new friend.

Some synonyms of today’s word are:
bizarre, curious, fanciful, funny, laughable, peculiar, unusual, weird, whimsical, droll, eccentric, erratic, freakish, freaky, idiosyncratic, oddball, off the beaten track, offbeat, outlandish, queer, picturesque, pleasantly old-fashioned, old-fashioned, old-world, arty-crafty, unusual, different, out of the ordinary, quirky etc.

common, normal, ordinary, reasonable, regular, standard, usual, conventional, new-fangled, up-to-date, modern