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Curious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Curious? [adj] eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings" [adj] beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" [adj] having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more; "a trap door that made me curious" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Curious: funny \| inquisitive \| interested \| nosey \| nosy \| odd \| overcurious \| peculiar \| prying \| queer \| questioning \| rum \| rummy \| singular \| snoopy \| speculative \| strange \| unusual \| wondering(a) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Curious: aberrant \| abnormal \| absurd \| agape \| agog \| all agog \| analytical \| attentive \| attracted \| barmy \| bizarre \| burning with curiosity \| careful \| catechistic \| cathectic \| cautious \| circumspect \| concerned \| considerate \| consumed with curiosity \| deviant \| deviate \| eccentric \| enthusiastic \| erratic \| examining \| excited \| exotic \| extraordinary \| fascinated \| freaked out \| freakish \| freaky \| funny \| ghoulish \| gossipy \| grotesque \| heedful \| impertinent \| inquiring \| inquisitional \| inquisitive \| inquisitorial \| interested \| interfering \| intermeddling \| interrogational \| interrogative \| interrogatory \| intrusive \| investigative \| irregular \| itchy \| keen on \| kinky \| kooky \| loving \| meddlesome \| meddling \| mindful \| morbid \| morbidly curious \| nosy \| nuts \| nutty \| odd \| oddball \| off \| off the wall \| offbeat \| open-eyed \| openmouthed \| out \| outlandish \| outrageous \| outre \| overcurious \| passing strange \| passionate \| peculiar \| piqued \| pixilated \| prurient \| prying \| quaint \| queer \| querying \| questioning \| quizzical \| quizzing \| regardful \| scopophiliac \| scrutinizing \| searching \| singular \| snooping \| snoopy \| solicitous \| strange \| supercurious \| tantalized \| tender \| thoughtful \| tickled \| titillated \| turned-on \| unconventional \| unearthly \| unusual \| voyeuristic \| weird \| wondrous strange See Also \| inquiring Curious In Webster's Dictionary \Cu"ri*ous\ (k?"r?-?s), a. [OF. curios, curius, F. curieux, L. curiosus careful, inquisitive, fr. cura care. See {Cure}.] 1. Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. [Obs.] Little curious in her clothes. --Fuller. How shall we, If he be curious, work upon his faith? --Beau. & Fl. 2. Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill. To devise curious works. --Ex. xxxv. 32 His body couched in a curious bed. --Shak. 3. Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of. It is a pity a gentleman so very curious after things that were elegant and beautiful should not have been as curious as to their origin, their uses, and their natural history. --Woodward. 4. Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare. ``Acurious tale'' --Shak. A multitude of curious analogies. --Macaulay. Many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore. --E. A. Poe. Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results. --C. J. Smith. {Curious arts}, magic. [Obs.] Many . . . which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them. --Acts xix. 19. Syn: Inquisitive; prying. See {Inquisitive}.

Curious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Curious?

[adj] eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"
[adj] beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
[adj] having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more; "a trap door that made me curious"

See Also | inquiring

Curious In Webster's Dictionary

\Cu"ri*ous\ (k?"r?-?s), a. [OF. curios, curius, F.
curieux, L. curiosus careful, inquisitive, fr. cura care. See
{Cure}.]
1. Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct;
   careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. [Obs.]

         Little curious in her clothes.        --Fuller.

         How shall we, If he be curious, work upon his faith?
                                               --Beau. & Fl.

2. Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed;
   elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.

         To devise curious works.              --Ex. xxxv. 32

         His body couched in a curious bed.    --Shak.

3. Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to
   research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; --
   sometimes with after or of.

         It is a pity a gentleman so very curious after
         things that were elegant and beautiful should not
         have been as curious as to their origin, their uses,
         and their natural history.            --Woodward.

4. Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise;
   inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or
   plain; strange; rare. ``Acurious tale'' --Shak.

         A multitude of curious analogies.     --Macaulay.

         Many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.
                                               --E. A. Poe.

         Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of
         learning or sciense often bring to light curious
         results.                              --C. J. Smith.

{Curious arts}, magic. [Obs.]

         Many . . . which used curious arts brought their
         books together, and burned them.      --Acts xix.
                                               19.

Syn: Inquisitive; prying. See {Inquisitive}.

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