Popular art is normally decried as vulgar by the cultivated people of its time; then it loses favor with its original audience as a new generation grows up; then it begins to merge into the softer lighting of quaint , and cultivated people become interested in it, and finally it begins to take on the archaic dignity of the primitive.
I think people enjoy visiting St. A current joke is that people lament the decline of Honiara's quaint Honiaras Chinatown, which is no longer central, but then others say it does not matter as the whole of Honiara is Honiaras Chinatown now.
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Forgot your password? Retrieve it. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate image within your search results please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. Term » Definition. Word in Definition. Princeton's WordNet 4. Wiktionary 4. Webster Dictionary 3. Chambers 20th Century Dictionary 3. How to pronounce quaint? Context examples He is so quaint that I am determined to understand him as well as I can.
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson I admire all that quaint , old-fashioned politeness; it is much more to my taste than modern ease; modern ease often disgusts me. Emma, by Jane Austen On the far side of the open stood one of the hills, with two quaint , craggy peaks shining vividly in the sun.
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson In some quaint freak of Nature, two spirits seemed to have been joined in one body, and the same frame to contain the best and the worst man of his age. Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Brown, soft-eyed children ran out from the quaint stone hovels to offer nosegays, or bunches of oranges still on the bough. Swarms of police, gunfire, panic—all foreign to a city known for its quaint , Commonwealth style, still air, and orderliness.
I followed and was soon sitting at a quaint table with chairs facing the lake. Reed moved to Bhutan when Thimphu was a quaint town of 30, Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair— Never was lady more sweet and fair! Quaint old Burton in his "Anatomy of Melancholy," recognizes the virtues of the plant while he anathematizes its abuse.
His quick-wittedness and the subtlety of his character make him full of quaint remarks and funny and unexpected comparisons. Definition of quaint. Other Words from quaint quaintly adverb. Choose the Right Synonym for quaint strange , singular , unique , peculiar , eccentric , erratic , odd , quaint , outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected.
Examples of quaint in a Sentence A lot can change in 25 years, and Yountville has gone from an also-ran on the Napa food-and-wine tourism scene to the focus of activity. The quaint bed and breakfasts of yesterday have been replaced by upscale hotels and inns, and the village has become a mecca for top chefs.
Today, these property and religious qualifications are likely to strike us as quaint historical oddities. Rosenfeld , Harper's , May Five minutes by ferry from the bustling concrete depths of Wall Street sits what could be a quaint New England town: stately, collegiate buildings framed by tree-lined walkways where the wind rustles through aging oak trees. The writer talks about the quaint customs of the natives. First Known Use of quaint 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3.
History and Etymology for quaint Middle English queinte, cointe , from Anglo-French, clever, expert, from Latin cognitus , past participle of cognoscere to know — more at cognition. Learn More About quaint.
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