About The Word Curio

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Curio

Curio Meaning & Definition
Curio Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Curio?

[n] something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

Synonyms | Synonyms for Curio: curiosity | oddity | oddment | peculiarity | rarity

Related Terms | Find terms related to Curio: a continental | a curse | a damn | a darn | a hoot | abnormality | anomaly | bagatelle | bauble | bean | bibelot | bit | brass farthing | button | cent | conversation piece | curiosity | exception | farce | farthing | feather | fig | fleabite | folderol | fribble | frippery | gaud | gewgaw | gimcrack | hair | halfpenny | hill of beans | improbability | jest | joke | kickshaw | knickknack | knickknackery | minikin | mockery | molehill | museum piece | nonesuch | oddity | peppercorn | picayune | pin | pinch of snuff | pinprick | pretty-pretty | prodigiosity | prodigy | rap | rarity | red cent | row of pins | rush | shit | snap | sneeshing | sou | strange thing | straw | toy | trifle | trinket | triviality | tuppence | two cents | twopence | whatnot | whim-wham

See Also | collector's item | piece de resistance | showpiece | stuff | sundries | sundry | whatchamacallit | whatsis

Curio In Webster's Dictionary

\Cu"ri*o\ (k?"r?-?), n.; pl. {Curios} (-?z). [Abbreviation of curiosity.] Any curiosity or article of virtu. The busy world, which does not hunt poets as collectors hunt for curios. --F. Harrison.

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