What is the real meaning of cute?
adjective, cut·er, cut·est. attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment. appealing and delightful; charming: What a cute toy! affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious: The child has acquired some intolerably cute mannerisms. mentally keen; clever; shrewd. What is the original meaning of cute? Advertisement. Cute's history argues for leniency. When the word first appeared in English in 1731, it was a shortened form of acute, the adjective meaning “shrewd,” “keen,” or “clever.