quaintness

English definition

noun

1. the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned

   • She liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned

   • Some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. The quality of being quaint.

   Source: Webster 1913