"cuteness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cutenesses [plural]
Etymology: From cute + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cute|-ness}} cute + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cuteness (countable and uncountable, plural cutenesses)
  1. The state of being cute (endearingly attractive). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Appearance Translations (state of being cute): beleteco (Esperanto), söpöys (Finnish), mignoncité [feminine] (French), mignonité [feminine] (French), mignonitude [feminine] (French), mignonnerie [feminine] (French), fofura [feminine] (Portuguese), monería [feminine] (Spanish), lindura [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cuteness-en-noun-imQ6EZDD Disambiguation of Appearance: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'state of being cute': 96 4
  2. (colloquial, dated) acuteness; cunning Tags: colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cuteness-en-noun-KkhFV03c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cutesiness, kawaiiness Derived forms: overcuteness

Inflected forms

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