quaint

Words with a similar base: quaint

'quaint'

[quaint.s.01] as in: strange in an interesting or pleasing way

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Examples:
quaint dialect words
quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities

'quaint'

[quaint.s.02] as in: very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance; - Bill Beatty; - Sir Walter Scott

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Examples:
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

'quaint'

[old-time.s.01] as in: attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)

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Examples:
houses with quaint thatched roofs
a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots