Definitions for curiousness
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
cu•ri•ousˈkyʊər i əs(adj.)
eager to learn or know.
taking an undue interest in others' affairs; prying.
arousing attention or interest through being unusual or hard to explain; odd; strange; novel.
Archaic. made or done skillfully or painstakingly. careful; fastidious. marked by intricacy or subtlety.
Origin of curious:
1275–1325; ME < L cūriōsus careful, inquisitive, prob. back formation from incūriōsus careless, der. of incūria carelessness
cu′ri•ous•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
curiousness, inquisitiveness(noun)
a state of active curiosity
foreignness, strangeness, curiousness(noun)
the quality of being alien or not native
"the strangeness of a foreigner"
Wiktionary
curiousness(Noun)
The state or quality of being curious.
curiousness(Noun)
The result or product of being curious.
Webster Dictionary
Curiousness(noun)
carefulness; painstaking
Curiousness(noun)
the state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance
Curiousness(noun)
inquisitiveness; curiosity
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