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Quaintness

//ˈkweɪntnəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Cunning; craftiness. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned wordnet
  3. 3
    Skill, artfulness. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. 4
    the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned wordnet
  5. 5
    Primness, fastidiousness, preciousness. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "As for good Terence, I allow the quaintnesse [translating mignardise] and grace of his Latine tongue, and judge him wonderfull conceited and apt[…]."

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  1. 6
    The state or fact of being quaint; having old-fashioned charm. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From quaint + -ness.

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