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1. (n.) curiosity
the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness.
2. curiosity
a curious, rare, or novel thing.
3. curiosity
a strange, curious, or interesting quality.
4. curiosity
Archaic. carefulness; fastidiousness.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) curiosity, wonder
a state in which you want to learn more about something
2. (noun) curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
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1. (noun) curiosity
the feeling or quality of wanting to know
a child's natural curiosity; full of curiosity about life
2. curiosity
out of curiosity
as a result of curiosity
I'd never gone before, so I went out of curiosity.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) curiosity
the state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration
2. (noun) curiosity
disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness
3. (noun) curiosity
that which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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curiosity
1. A gulf that swallows gods, men, creeds, matter, worlds, philosophies.
2. A peephole in the brain through which one sees the pomp and ceremony of the Absurd.
3. A monstrous antenna that feels its way through matter and mind, and founders in the Infinite.
4. At its lowest, the instinct that boosts us up to peep over our neighbor's transom, symboled by a knot-hole.
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