quaint
adj.adj. attractive because it looks old-fashioned or unusual. You use this to describe something charming that reminds you of the past.
adj. attractively unusual or old-fashioned in appearance. Often carries a slightly patronising nuance when used by urban observers to describe rural or traditional settings.
We stayed in a quaint little cottage by the sea.
The town is famous for its quaint cobblestone streets and traditional timber-framed houses.
While the locals found the lack of modern infrastructure frustrating, tourists were charmed by the quaint atmosphere of the isolated mountain village.
From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscō (“I know”).
Typically used attributively before a noun; can be used predicatively after linking verbs like 'seem' or 'look'.