[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quaint \quaint\, a. oe. queint, queynte, coint, prudent, wise,
   cunning, pretty, odd, of. cointe cultivated, amiable,
   agreeable, neat, fr. l. cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere
   to know; con + noscere for gnoscere to know. see know,
   and cf. acquaint, cognition.
   1. prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. obs.
      1913 webster

            clerks be full subtle and full quaint. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned;
      skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
      archaic " the queynte ring." " his queynte spear."
      --chaucer. " a shepherd young quaint." --chapman.
      1913 webster

            every look was coy and wondrous quaint. --spenser.
      1913 webster

            to show bow quaint an orator you are. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique;
      archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a
      quaint expression.
      1913 webster

            some stroke of quaint yet simple pleasantry.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

            an old, long-faced, long-bodied servant in quaint
            livery.                               --w. irving.
      1913 webster

   syn: quaint, odd, antique.

   usage: antique is applied to that which has come down from
          the ancients, or which is made to imitate some ancient
          work of art. odd implies disharmony, incongruity, or
          unevenness. an odd thing or person is an exception to
          general rules of calculation and procedure, or
          expectation and common experience. in the current use
          of quaint, the two ideas of odd and antique are
          combined, and the word is commonly applied to that
          which is pleasing by reason of both these qualities.
          thus, we speak of the quaint architecture of many old
          buildings in london; or a quaint expression, uniting
          at once the antique and the fanciful.
          1913 webster
see also:
know acquaint cognition quaint odd antique 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

quaint
     adj 1: strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect
            words"; "quaint streets of new orleans, that most
            foreign of american cities"
     2: very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in
        character or appearance; "the head terminating in the
        quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular
        name"- bill beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful
        sight"- sir walter scott; "a quaint sense of humor"
     3: attractively old-fashioned but not necessarily authentic;
        "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof
        supporting old-time chimney pots" syn: old-time, olde
        worlde
see also:
old-time olde worlde 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 moby thesaurus words for "quaint":
   absurd, acquaint, amusing, antiquated, antique, archaic, bizarre,
   curious, droll, eccentric, fanciful, fantastic, freaked out,
   freaky, funny, hilarious, humorous, idiosyncratic, incongruous,
   kooky, laughable, ludicrous, odd, oddball, off, off the wall,
   offbeat, old-fashioned, out, outlandish, passing strange, peculiar,
   picturesque, present, priceless, queer, quizzical, rich,
   ridiculous, risible, screaming, singular, strange, uncommon,
   unconventional, unearthly, unorthodox, unusual, weird, whimsical,
   witty, wondrous strange

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