Added 28 September 2026
quaint
/kweɪnt/ adjective
Latin root: cognitus Wiktionary
adjective Definition written for WordofTheDay.US. More about quaint at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
The village had a quaint little bakery on every corner.
Origin
From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscō (“to know”).
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