Quaintness - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkweɪntnəs|  American pronunciation of the word quaintness
Brit.  |ˈkweɪntnəs|  British pronunciation of the word quaintness

noun

- the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned
she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing
- strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned
some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness

Extra examples

...although the winery is brand-new, it has been constructed and decorated to give it a patina of old-world quaintness...

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