queint

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English

Adjective

queint (comparative more queint, superlative most queint)

  1. Obsolete form of quenched.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.v:
      with fresh onset he assaild, / And kindling new his courage seeming queint, / Strooke him so hugely [...].
  2. Obsolete form of quaint.

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Middle English

Adjective

queint

  1. Alternative form of queynte