Quaint, fine, neat, pretty, pleasant: “my q. Ariel,” Tp. I, 2, 317. “q. in green she shall be loose enrobed,” Wiv. IV, 6, 41. “a fine, q., graceful and excellent fashion,” Ado III, 4, 22. “the q. mazes in the wanton green,” Mids. II, 1, 99. “the owl wonders at our q. spirits,” II, 2, 7. “tell q. lies,” Merch. III, 4, 69. “the q. musician, amorous Licio,” Shr. III, 2, 149. “a gown more q., more pleasing,” IV, 3, 102. “with forged q. conceit,” H6A IV, 1, 102. “to show how q. an orator you are,” H6B III, 2, 274.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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