About The Word Curiosity

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Curiosity

Curiosity Meaning & Definition
Curiosity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Curiosity?

[n] something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
[n] a state in which you want to learn more about something

Synonyms | Synonyms for Curiosity: curio | oddity | oddment | peculiarity | rarity | wonder

Related Terms | Find terms related to Curiosity: abnormality | amazement | anomaly | ardor | astonishing thing | astonishment | bauble | bric-a-brac | cathexis | concern | concernment | concupiscence | conversation piece | curio | desideration | desire | drive | eagerness | enthusiasm | exception | fancy | fantasy | freak | gazingstock | gewgaw | hope | horme | improbability | inquisitiveness | intellectual curiosity | interest | interestedness | interference | intrusiveness | libido | lust for learning | marvel | marvelment | matter of interest | meddlesomeness | mind | miracle | monstrosity | museum piece | need | nonesuch | nosiness | objet d'art | oddity | passion | phenomenon | pleasure | pleasure principle | prodigiosity | prodigy | prying | questioning | quite a thing | rarity | regard | sensation | sexual desire | sight | snooping | something else | special interest | spectacle | strange thing | stunner | thirst for knowledge | trinket | urge | want | wanting | will | will and pleasure | wish | wish fulfillment | wonder | wonderful thing | wonderment

See Also | cognitive state | collector's item | curiousness | desire to know | inquisitiveness | interest | involvement | lust for learning | piece de resistance | showpiece | state of mind | stuff | sundries | sundry | thirst for knowledge | whatchamacallit | whatsis

Curiosity In Webster's Dictionary

\Cu`ri*os"i*ty\ (k[=u]`r[i^]*[o^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Curiosities} (-t[i^]z). [OE. curiouste, curiosite, OF. curioset['e], curiosit['e], F. curiosit['e], fr. L. curiositas, fr. curiosus. See {Curious}, and cf. {Curio}.] 1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. [Obs.] --Bacon. When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity. --Shak. A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with great curiosity. --Evelin. 2. Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness. --Milton. 3. That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention. We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town. --Addison. There hath been practiced also a curiosity, to set a tree upon the north side of a wall, and, at a little hieght, to draw it through the wall, etc. --Bacon.

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