cutesyadj.

/ˈkjuːtsi/

Forms: Also cutesie.

Etymology: < cute adj. + -sy suffix².

colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).

Affectedly cute and clever, twee. Also with fanciful extension, ˈcutesy-poo adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly cute and clever

cutie-pie1940

cutesy1968

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of simplicity > [adjective] > twee

artsy-craftsy1902

twee1905

cutie-pie1940

itsy-bitsy1958

cutesy1968

1968 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 25 Feb. 10 Start with the cutesie title. Pursue the mysteriously jumbled chronology.

1968 Time 7 June 4 The music that interrupts the cutesy dialogue is standard Mozart.

1973 New York 22 Oct. 104 I feel like a rotten old cynic saying anything narsty about so cutesy-poo an endeavor as The Optimists.

1976 New Musical Express 31 July 9/1 It works because it never gets cutesy. I'm proud of the music.

1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 4 June 9/2 ‘It would look like a comic strip,’ said Jamie, ‘too cutesy.’

1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) i. viii. 117 She had curly hair and a turned-up nose and looked so cutesy-poo that Chris wanted to smack her.

1987 Washington Post 19 Apr. e9/3 My ol' Daddy..warned me never to eat at a place called Mom's..and to stay away from restaurants with cutesy names like ‘Ugly Mug’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cutesy
释义	cutesyadj. /ˈkjuːtsi/ Forms: Also cutesie. Etymology: < cute adj. + -sy suffix². colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). Affectedly cute and clever, twee. Also with fanciful extension, ˈcutesy-poo adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly cute and clever cutie-pie1940 cutesy1968 the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of simplicity > [adjective] > twee artsy-craftsy1902 twee1905 cutie-pie1940 itsy-bitsy1958 cutesy1968 1968 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 25 Feb. 10 Start with the cutesie title. Pursue the mysteriously jumbled chronology. 1968 Time 7 June 4 The music that interrupts the cutesy dialogue is standard Mozart. 1973 New York 22 Oct. 104 I feel like a rotten old cynic saying anything narsty about so cutesy-poo an endeavor as The Optimists. 1976 New Musical Express 31 July 9/1 It works because it never gets cutesy. I'm proud of the music. 1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 4 June 9/2 ‘It would look like a comic strip,’ said Jamie, ‘too cutesy.’ 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) i. viii. 117 She had curly hair and a turned-up nose and looked so cutesy-poo that Chris wanted to smack her. 1987 Washington Post 19 Apr. e9/3 My ol' Daddy..warned me never to eat at a place called Mom's..and to stay away from restaurants with cutesy names like ‘Ugly Mug’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1968
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