quaintness
nounUK /ˈkweɪntnəs/
Etymology From quaint + -ness.
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.