quaintness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

QUA'INTNESS, noun 1. Niceness; petty neatness or elegance. There is a majesty in simplicity, which is far above the quaintness of wit. 2. Oddness; peculiarity.
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