Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cute \Cute\ (k[=u]t), a. [An abbrev. of acute.]
   Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning. [Colloq.]

Source : WordNet®

cute
     adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or
            quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little
            apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn:
            {cunning}]
     2: obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious
        performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"
        [syn: {precious}]
     [also: {cuter}]