Definitions of quaint:

  • adjective:   strange in an interesting or pleasing way
    Example: "Quaint dialect words"
  • adjective:   very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
    Example: "The head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name- Bill Beatty"
  • adjective:   attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
    Example: "Houses with quaint thatched roofs"