English noun: quaintness | |||
1. | quaintness (attribute) the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned | ||
Samples | She liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | old-fashionedness | ||
2. | quaintness (attribute) strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned | ||
Samples | Some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | strangeness, unfamiliarity | ||