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1 quaintness
noun rareza, |singular|idad; carácter pintorescoquaintness ['kweɪntnəs] n: rareza f, lo curioson.• carácter pintoresco s.m.• singularidad s.f.• tipismo s.m.['kweɪntnɪs]N1) (=picturesqueness) [of place, object] lo pintoresco2) (=oddness) [of custom, word, idea, question] lo curioso -
2 quaintness
s.1 primor, singularidad, apariencia anticuada.2 cosa curiosa, cosa extraña. -
3 quaint
kweint(pleasantly odd or strange, especially because of being old-fashioned: quaint customs.) raro, |singular|; pintoresco- quaintly- quaintness
tr[kweɪnt]1 pintoresco,-a, típico,-a2 (odd) singular, original3 (strange) raro,-a, extraño,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLquaint fellow tipo raroquaint ['kweɪnt] adj1) odd: extraño, curioso2) picturesque: pintoresco♦ quaintly advadj.• pintoresco, -a adj.• singular adj.• típico, -a adj.kweɪntadjective -er, -esta) (charming, picturesque) pintoresco[kweɪnt]ADJ (compar quainter) (superl quaintest)1) (=picturesque) [building, street, village] pintoresco2) (=odd) [custom, notion] curioso; [person] peculiar, poco corrientehow quaint! — ¡qué curioso!
* * *[kweɪnt]adjective -er, -esta) (charming, picturesque) pintoresco -
4 rareza
rareza sustantivo femenino
rareza sustantivo femenino
1 (objeto) rarity
2 (cualidad) rareness
3 (manía) peculiarity: no soporto sus rarezas, I can't stand his irritating mannerisms ' rareza' also found in these entries: Spanish: singularidad English: oddity - peculiarity - quaintness - quirk - rarity -
5 singularidad
singularidad sustantivo femenino
1 (calidad de único) singularity
2 (rareza) peculiarity ' singularidad' also found in these entries: Spanish: extrañeza English: oddity - quaintness - quirk
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Quaintness — Quaint ness, n. The quality of being quaint. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quaintness — noun 1. the quality of being quaint and old fashioned she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing • Derivationally related forms: ↑quaint • Hypernyms: ↑old fashionedness 2. strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned some… … Useful english dictionary
quaintness — quaint ► ADJECTIVE ▪ attractively unusual or old fashioned. DERIVATIVES quaintly adverb quaintness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «wise», «ingenious»: from Old French cointe, from Latin cognoscere ascertain … English terms dictionary
quaintness — noun see quaint … New Collegiate Dictionary
quaintness — See quaintly. * * * … Universalium
quaintness — noun /ˈkweɪntnəs/ the quality of being quaint … Wiktionary
quaintness — quaint·ness || kweɪntnɪs n. strangeness, oddness, unusualness; charming old fashioned quality … English contemporary dictionary
quaintness — quaint·ness … English syllables
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell — … Wikipedia
quaint — [[t]kwe͟ɪnt[/t]] quainter, quaintest ADJ GRADED Something that is quaint is attractive because it is unusual and rather old fashioned. ...a small, quaint town with narrow streets and traditional half timbered houses... That s how concepts like… … English dictionary
Untreasure — Un*treas ure, v. t. [1st pref. un + treasure.] To bring forth or give up, as things previously treasured. The quaintness with which he untreasured, as by rote, the stores of his memory. J. Mitford. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English