quaint

queer, odd, funny, crazy, curious, peculiar, strange, eccentric, quaint, singular

形容词 quaint:

1. strange in an interesting or pleasing way
2. very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
3. attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
   同义词：old-time, olde worlde

1. Quaint dialect words.
   古怪的方言单词
2. What a quaint little building!
   多么古雅的一座小房子啊！

quaint

adj.（形容词）
quaint.er,quaint.est
Odd, especially in an old-fashioned way:
离奇的：奇异的，尤指以一种老式的方法：
例句：
.There is something almost quaint in the image of Irish organized crime, something that calls to mind old movies with Jimmy Cagney.(James Traub)
.在爱尔兰有组织犯罪的影像中，有一些离奇古怪的东西，这让人想起吉米·卡格尼的老式电影.(詹姆斯·特劳布)

Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange:
古怪的：特征不熟悉或不寻常的；奇怪的：
例句：
quaint dialect words.See Synonyms at strange
古怪的方言单词参见 strange

来源：
Middle English [clever, cunning, peculiar]
中古英语 [聪明、狡猾、特殊]
from Old French queinte, cointe
源自 古法语 queinte, cointe
from Latin cognitus [past participle of] cognôscere [to learn] * see cognition
源自 拉丁语 cognitus [] cognôscere的过去分词 [学习] *参见 cognition

【引伸】
quaint.ly
adv.（副词）
quaint.ness
n.（名词）