QUAINTNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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))