Associations to the word «Quaintness»
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Wiktionary
QUAINTNESS, noun. (obsolete) Cunning; craftiness.
QUAINTNESS, noun. (obsolete) Skill, artfulness.
QUAINTNESS, noun. (obsolete) Primness, fastidiousness, preciousness.
QUAINTNESS, noun. The state or fact of being quaint; having old-fashioned charm.
Dictionary definition
QUAINTNESS, noun. The quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing".
QUAINTNESS, noun. Strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness".
Wise words
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.