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cute

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adjective, cut·er, cut·est.
  1. attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
  2. appealing and delightful; charming: What a cute toy!
  3. affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious: The child has acquired some intolerably cute mannerisms.
  4. mentally keen; clever; shrewd.
noun
  1. the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness: The young actress has a bad case of the cutes.
Idioms
  1. meet cute, Informal.
    1. (of a romantic couple) to meet for the first time in a charming or amusing way: In this type of movie the boy and girl always meet cute.
    2. Also meet-cute.a situation or occasion when potential romantic partners meet for the first time in a charming or amusing way: a classic Hollywood meet cute; his meet-cute with Jane in the bookstore.

Origin of cute

First recorded in 1615–25; aphetic variant of acute
Related formscute·ly, adverbcute·ness, noun
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Related Words for cutest

beautiful, charming, pleasant, delightful, pretty, adorable, dainty

Examples from the Web for cutest

Contemporary Examples of cutest

Historical Examples of cutest

  • Gee, Doctor Parris, isn't he just the cutest dog you ever saw?

    Old Mr. Wiley

    Fanny Greye La Spina

  • That girl of his is the cutest kid in Indiana, and I wouldn't do anything to hurt her.

    Otherwise Phyllis

    Meredith Nicholson

  • But the cutest trick they learned was that of waiting on the table.

    True Bear Stories

    Joaquin Miller

  • "It's one of the cutest things of the kind I've seen," said the American.

    For the Allinson Honor

    Harold Bindloss

  • That cart we are going to sleep in is just the cutest thing.

British Dictionary definitions for cutest

cute

adjective
  1. appealing or attractive, esp in a pretty way
  2. mainly US informal sexually attractive
  3. informal affecting cleverness or prettiness
  4. clever; shrewd
Derived Formscutely, adverbcuteness, noun

Word Origin for cute

C18 (in the sense: clever): shortened from acute
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Word Origin and History for cutest

cute

adj.

1731, "clever," shortening of acute; informal sense of "pretty" is 1834, American English student slang. Related: Cuteness.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper