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Definition:
[n] strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness"
[n] the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing"
 
See Also:
old-fashionedness
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strangeness
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unfamiliarity
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition:
\Quaint"ness\, n. The quality of being quaint. --Pope.
 
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