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English noun: quaintness

1. quaintness (attribute) the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned


SamplesShe liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing.


Broader (hypernym)old-fashionedness

2. quaintness (attribute) strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned


SamplesSome words in her dialect had a charming quaintness.


Broader (hypernym)strangeness, unfamiliarity









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