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quaintly

/ˈkweɪntli/KWAYNT-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈkweɪntli/KWAYNT-lee

Meaningin a quaint way

Common meaning: in a charmingly old-fashioned way

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Journey through time

  1. Latincognitus‘known, well-known, famous’source
  2. Old Frenchcointsource
  3. Middle Englishqueintsource
  4. Englishquaint‘charmingly old-fashioned’
  5. Englishformed in English from quaintquaintly‘in a charmingly old-fashioned way’ · 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: Formed in English from quaint + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), QUAINT, p.482 · scan

Source words

  • cognitus Latin · source word “known, famous”

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