quaint

/ˈkwānt/

Middle English queinte, cointe, from Anglo-French, clever, expert, from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognoscere to know

adjective

  1. pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar

  2. unusual or different in character or appearance : odd

  3. marked by skillful design

a quaint phrase

strange singular unique peculiar eccentric erratic odd quaint outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable. singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness.