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QUAINTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned
Example:
some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("quaintness" is a kind of...):
strangeness; unfamiliarity (unusualness as a consequence of not being well known)
Derivation:
quaint (strange in an interesting or pleasing way)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being quaint and old-fashioned
Example:
she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("quaintness" is a kind of...):
old-fashionedness (the property of being no longer fashionable)
Derivation:
quaint (attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic))
