quaint
/kweɪnt/ adjectif C1En français : remarquable, exigeant, délicat, pittoresque
- Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm.
Comparatif quainter · Superlatif quaintest
Dans la bibliothèque
In the quaint Indian cabinet!
At eight o’clock the next evening Aunt Ellen took a quaint old gold ring from a moth-eaten case and gave it to Richard.
But Miss Barry found herself thinking less about Anne’s quaint speeches than of her fresh enthusiasms, her transparent emotions, her little winning ways, and the sweetness of her eyes and lips.
There was no “mahogany furniture,” but there was a white-painted bookcase filled with books, a cushioned wicker rocker, a toilet table befrilled with white muslin, a quaint, gilt-framed mirror with chubby pink Cupids and purple grapes painted over its arched top, that used to hang in the spare room, and a low white bed.
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