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English word quaint comes from Old French cointe (Clever; intelligent.), Old French queinte, Anglo-Norman cointe, Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ ((anatomy) female pudenda; vulva; sheath.)

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cointe (Old French)

Clever; intelligent.

queinte (Old French)

cointe (Anglo-Norman)

*kuntǭ (Proto-Germanic)

(anatomy) female pudenda; vulva; sheath.

*cunte (Old English)

Cunt. Vagina. Vulva.

quoynte (Middle English)

quaint (English)

(now, _, dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual. [from 14th c.]. (obsolete) Cleverly made; artfully contrived. [14th-19th c.]. (obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty. [13th-19th c.]. (obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. [15th-19th c.]. Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm. [from 18th c.].

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