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English to English adjective 1. Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.  source: webster1913
adjective satellite 2. strange in an interesting or pleasing way quaint dialect words|quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities source: wordnet30
3. very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name|came forth a quaint and fearful sight|a quaint sense of humor source: wordnet30
4. attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic) houses with quaint thatched roofs|a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots source: wordnet30
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