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quaintish

quaintish adjective: somewhat quaint.

Adjective

quaintish (comparative more quaintish, superlative most quaintish)

  1. Somewhat quaint.
    • A curved line of liquor stores, supermarkets and quaintish gift shops was all one could see from the vantage point of the ceaseless procession of cars.1967, Emily Hahn, Romantic Rebels: An Informal History of Bohemianism in America

Forms of quaintish

comparativemore quaintish
superlativemost quaintish

Origin of quaintish

From quaint + -ish.

Questions about quaintish

What does quaintish mean?
Quaintish means somewhat quaint.
What part of speech is quaintish?
Quaintish is an adjective.

Words near quaintish in the dictionary

  1. quaintance
  2. quaintances
  3. quainted
  4. quainter
  5. quaintest
  6. quaintish
  7. quaintlike
  8. quaintly
  9. quaintness
  10. quaintnesses
  11. Quainton

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