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quaint

/kˈweɪnt/KWAYNT
/kˈweɪnt/KWAYNT

Meaningknown, famous

Common meaning: charmingly old-fashioned

Journey through time

  1. Latincognitus‘known, well-known, famous’source
  2. Old Frenchcointsource
  3. Middle Englishqueintsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsknown, well-known, famous → charmingly old-fashionedquaint‘charmingly old-fashioned’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin cognitus ‘known, famous’.

Roots

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