English Dictionary

quaint

IPA（発音記号）

/kweɪnt/

形容詞

廃用 方言

(obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty. / (obsolete) Cleverly made; artfully contrived. / (now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual.

日本語の意味

（古語）狡猾でずる賢い / （古語）巧妙に作られた、器用に仕立てられた / （方言）奇妙で風変わりな

The quaint diplomat charmed his colleagues while secretly steering negotiations to his advantage.

狡猾な外交官は同僚を魅了しつつ、密かに交渉を自分に有利になるように進めていた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty.

But you, my Lord, were glad to be imploy'd, / To shew how queint an Orator you are.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Cleverly made; artfully contrived.

describe races and games, / Or tilting furniture, imblazon'd shields, / Impresses quaint, caparisons and steeds, / Bases and tinsel trappings […].

意味（3）

(now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual.

Till that there entered on the other side / A straunger knight, from whence no man could reed, / In quyent disguise, full hard to be descride […].

意味（4）

(obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim.

She, nothing quaint / Nor 'sdeignfull of so homely fashion, / Sith brought she was now to so hard constraint, / Sate downe upon the dusty ground anon […].

意味（5）

Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm.

I admire all that quaint, old-fashioned politeness; it is much more to my taste than modern ease; modern ease often disgusts me.

quainter （ comparative ）

quaintest （ superlative ）