quaintness
noun[U]
uk/ˈkweɪnt.nəs/us/ˈkweɪnt.nəs/thequalityof beingattractivebecause of beingunusual, and oftenold-fashioned:
古雅，别具一格TheymissGreenBay'ssmall-townquaintness andsenseofcommunity.他们怀念绿湾小镇的古雅和社区意识。
thequalityof beingold-fashionedin a way that is nowconsideredstrange:
过时；古怪There doesseemto be anunlikelyquaintness abouttheirrelationship.他们的关系中确似有一种不太可能的古怪。
See
quaint
- To a New Yorker,Englandislikelytosummonupvisionsofhistoricquaintness.
- Some of theportraitshave astorybookquaintness.
- Hemixesthe quaintness ofVictorianspeechwithpoplingoandslang.
- thedatedquaintness of theseoldmagazineads
Old or old-fashioned
- age-old
- ageing
- ancient
- antediluvian
- anti-progressive
- creaky
- fossilization
- fossilize
- fossilized
- frumpy
- fusty
- have hadits/yourdayidiom
- neanderthal
- outdate
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- vintage
- went out with the arkidiom
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