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Definition for QUAINT'NESS
QUAINT'LY
QUAKE
QUAINT'NESS
, n.
Niceness; petty neatness or elegance. There is a majesty in simplicity, which is far above the quaintness of wit. – Pope.
Oddness; peculiarity.
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