about quaint: Duisburg, NRW, Germany; ..Quaint.., a. [OE. queint, queynte, coint, prudent, wise, cunning, pretty, odd, OF. cointe cultivated, amiable, agreeable, neat, fr. L. cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere to know; con + noscere (for gnoscere) to know. See {Know}, and cf. {Acquaint}, {Cognition}.] 1. Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. [Obs.] 2. Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat. 3. Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression. Syn: {Quaint}, {Odd}, {Antique}.

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