quaintest
SayKWAYNT-ist/ˈkweɪntɪst/
- 1Superlative of quaint.
Of all the harbor towns we visited that summer, the last one was easily the quaintest.
She hunted through estate sales for the quaintest old teapots she could find.
Note
The superlative carries quaint's main meaning, the pleasing old-fashioned charm of a harbor town or an old teapot. Its clever, sly and fussy meanings are obsolete, so the quaintest scheme would now read as charming, not cunning. Most quaint means the same, and either form usually follows the or a possessive: the quaintest inn on the coast.
quaintest is a form of quaint
quaint, adjective: Unusual in a pleasing way, especially through having an old-fashioned charm. Full entry
- Spelling
- quaint → quaintest: add -est
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