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cutesy
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cute·sy
/
ˈkyut
si
/
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[
kyoot
-see
]
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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
Related forms
cute·si·ness,
noun
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cutesy
(ˈkjuːtsɪ)
—
adj
,
cutesier
,
cutesiest
informal
chiefly
(
US
) affectedly cute or coy
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
cutesy
"artificially or annoyingly cute," by 1968, from
cute
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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