QUAINT


Meaning of QUAINT in English

■ adjective attractively unusual or old-fashioned.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

~ness noun

Origin

ME (orig. in the sense 'clever, ingenious'): from OFr. cointe , from L. cognit- , cognoscere 'ascertain'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.