cutesy

[kyoot-see] Origin

cute·sy

[kyoot-see]
adjective, cute·si·er, cute·si·est. Informal.
forcedly and consciously cute; coyly mannered: cutesy greeting cards, with animals peeking from behind flowers.
Also, cute·sie.


Origin:
1910–15; cute + -sy

cute·si·ness, noun
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Cutesy is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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cutesy (ˈkjuːtsɪ)
 
adj , cutesier, cutesiest
informal chiefly (US) affectedly cute or coy

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cutesy
"artificially or annoyingly cute," by 1968, from cute.
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