CUTIE
What does "CUTIE" mean?
An informal, affectionate term for a charming, attractive, or endearing person.
Meanings
- A sweet, attractive, or endearing person, often used as a term of affection. Look at that cutie in the front row. informal
- A small, sweet seedless mandarin orange, especially as a marketed brand. She packed a couple of cuties in his lunchbox. informal
Did you know?
- The 'cute' in cutie started life meaning 'sharp-witted': it's a clipped form of 'acute', and only later drifted from clever to adorable.
Word origin
From 'cute', a clipped form of 'acute' meaning sharp or clever, plus the diminutive '-ie'; the sense shifted from clever to charming in the 19th century.
Remember it
CUTIE = 'cute' + ie; or read it as 'QT', the texting spelling that sounds the word out letter by letter.
A little poem
Once it meant sharp, a clever streak-
now it just means the dimple in a cheek.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why did the little orange win every contest? Everyone agreed it was an absolute cutie.
What it teaches
Words soften over time; what once praised the mind can end up praising a smile.
Quick facts
What does CUTIE mean?
An informal, affectionate term for a charming, attractive, or endearing person.
Is CUTIE a valid word?
Yes — CUTIE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CUTIE?
CUTIE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does CUTIE come from?
From 'cute', a clipped form of 'acute' meaning sharp or clever, plus the diminutive '-ie'; the sense shifted from clever to charming in the 19th century.
What can CUTIE teach us?
Words soften over time; what once praised the mind can end up praising a smile.
How players do
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