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Spell Bee Word: Quaint


What does quaint mean?

Word: Quaint

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Quaint means pleasant and attractive in an unusual or old-fashioned way.

Synonyms: old-fashioned

Antonyms: modern

How do you spell quaint?

Syllables: quaint

Tricky part: The middle vowel sound is spelt ai, as in rain, not ay or ae.

Watch out for: quaynt, quaent, quent

Memory tip: Picture a quaint old cottage with fresh paint on its door: paint and quaint share the same ai.

Quaint in a sentence

Example 1: We stayed in a quaint wooden cottage in the hills of Kasauli.

Example 2: The old bookshop had a quaint bell over the door.

Example 3: Grandma uses quaint old sayings that make us giggle.

Fun Fact

Quaint once meant clever or skilful; the meaning of charmingly old-fashioned came centuries later.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

quaint

a) charming
b) plain
c) enormous
d) noisy

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a) charming. Something quaint has an old-world charm.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tunqia

a) quarter
b) quilt
c) quaint
d) quiet

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c) quaint. Quiet and quilt lack the a and n, and quarter needs an r and an e.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) quarrel
b) quality
c) qwaint
d) queue

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c) qwaint. In English, q is followed by u, as in quarrel, queue and quality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which place would most people call quaint?

a) a glass office tower
b) a busy new airport
c) a huge shopping mall
d) an old village with stone lanes

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d) an old village with stone lanes

2. Which word rhymes with quaint?

a) giant
b) want
c) faint
d) plant

Show answer

c) faint

Associated Words

representinferenceminorityspreadclownfish
fluentcircumstancecirculararrestexterior

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