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cuteness colloq.|ˈkjuːtnɪs| Also 'cuteness. [Aphetic f. acuteness: see cute a.] The quality of being cute.
1768Goldsm. Good-n. Man ii, Who could have thought so innocent a face could cover so much cuteness! 1807–8W. Irving Salmag. iv. (1860) 88 All that quaintness, cuteness, and clumsiness, for which he is remarkable. 1845Knickerbocker Aug. (Bartlett), He had a pair of bright, twinkling eyes, that gave an air of extreme cuteness to his physiognomy. 1872H. M Stanley How I found Livingstone xii. 464 Very fine people and singularly remarkable for commercial ‘'cuteness’ and sagacity. 1903Booklovers Mag. Dec. (Advt.), The illustration gives but a faint idea of the beauty and cuteness of the calendar itself. |