cutie

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cutie¹

  • /ˈkjuːti/ UK
  • /ˈkjuti/ US
  • [-ɾi] US

Rhymes with -uːti

Where it comes from

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English cute

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English -ie

English cutie

From cute + -ie.

noun cuties

  1. A cute person or animal. Before every visit, I'm convinced that the tourists will have used all the napkins, the pigeons will have roosted beneath the chairs, the sidewalk musicians will be playing classic rock, the servers will all be high school cuties […]

cutie²

  • /ˈkjuːti/ UK
  • /ˈkjuti/ US
  • [-ɾi] US

Rhymes with -uːti

Where it comes from

A brand name of a particular cultivar of orange.

noun cuties

  1. A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand.
  2. broadly Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma.

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