adj.1 piquantly or attractively unfamiliar or old-fashioned.
2 daintily odd.
Derivatives:
quaintly adv. quaintness n.
Etymology: earlier senses 'wise, cunning': ME f. OF cointe f. L cognitus past part. of cognoscere ascertain
adj.1 piquantly or attractively unfamiliar or old-fashioned.
2 daintily odd.
Derivatives:
quaintly adv. quaintness n.
Etymology: earlier senses 'wise, cunning': ME f. OF cointe f. L cognitus past part. of cognoscere ascertain
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012