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quaintnesses

quaintnesses is the plural of quaintness.

Meaning of quaintness

Noun

quaintness (countable and uncountable, plural quaintnesses)

  1. (obsolete) Cunning; craftiness.
  2. (obsolete) Skill, artfulness.
  3. (obsolete) Primness, fastidiousness, preciousness.
    • As for good Terence, I allow the quaintnesse [translating mignardise] and grace of his Latine tongue, and judge him wonderfull conceited and apt[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  4. The state or fact of being quaint; having old-fashioned charm.

Questions about quaintnesses

What is quaintnesses the plural of?
Quaintnesses is the plural of quaintness.

Words near quaintnesses in the dictionary

  1. quaintest
  2. quaintish
  3. quaintlike
  4. quaintly
  5. quaintness
  6. quaintnesses
  7. Quainton
  8. quaintrelle
  9. quaintrelles
  10. quaints
  11. Quaitso

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