cuteness

English

Etymology

From cute +‎ -ness.

Noun

cuteness (usually uncountable, plural cutenesses)

  1. The state of being cute (endearingly attractive).
    • 1973 October 28, Raymond Ericson, “Recordings”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      It is music of great and quiet charm and proves to be a pleasant discovery after the more superficial cutenesses of Chaminade.
    • 2007, Christine Locher, The Cult of Cuteness in Japanese Youth Culture, page 13:
      The craving for cuteness is a psychological phenomenon that originally had the purpose of increasing the chances of a baby to survive […]
  2. (colloquial, dated) acuteness; cunning

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