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1731, "clever, sharp, smart"
short for acute

(informal sense of "pretty" is by 1834)

cute adjective
  • attractive or pretty especially in a childish, youthful, or delicate way
  • clever or shrewd often in an underhanded manner
  • obviously straining for effect

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The primary socio-cultural (pop) usage of the word cute is a thorough perversion of the original sense ("clever, sharp, smart"), but the original meaning does survive.

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~☉~lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
classic definition
artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense
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