What does curious mean?

Definitions for curious
ˈkyʊər i əscu·ri·ous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singularadjective

    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"

  2. curiousadjective

    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"

  3. curiousadjective

    having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more

    "a trap door that made me curious"

Wiktionary

  1. curiousadjective

    Fastidious, particular; demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.

  2. curiousadjective

    Inquisitive; tending to ask questions, investigate, or explore.

    Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.

  3. curiousadjective

    Prompted by curiosity.

  4. curiousadjective

    unusual; odd; out of the ordinary; bizarre

    The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CURIOUSadjective

    Etymology: curiosus, Latin.

    Be not curious in unnecessary matters; for more things are shewn unto thee than men understand. Ecclus. iii. 23.

    Even then to them the spirit of lyes suggests,
    That they were blind, because they saw not ill;
    And breath’d into their uncorrupted breasts
    A curious wish, which did corrupt their will. Davies.

    It is 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. John Woodward.

    Then thus a senior of the place replies,
    Well read, and curious of antiquities. John Dryden, Fables.

    ’Till Arrianism had made it a matter of great sharpness and subtlety of wit to be a sound believing Christian, men were not curious what syllables or particles of speech they used. Hook.

    A temperate person is not curious of fancies and deliciousness; he thinks not much, and speaks not often of meat and drink. Taylour.

    Both these senses embrace their objects at greater distance, with more variety, and with a more curious discrimation, than the other sense. William Holder.

    A vaile obscur’d the sunshine of her eyes,
    The rose within herself her sweetness closed;
    Each ornament about her seemly lies,
    By curious chance, or careless art, composed. Edward Fairfax, b. ii.

    Understanding to devise curious works, to work in gold. Ex.

    For curious I cannot be with you,
    Signior Baptista, of whom I hear so well. William Shakespeare.

Wikipedia

  1. curious

    Curiosity (from Latin cūriōsitās, from cūriōsus "careful, diligent, curious", akin to cura "care") is a quality related to inquisitive thinking such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident by observation in humans and other animals. Curiosity is heavily associated with all aspects of human development, in which derives the process of learning and desire to acquire knowledge and skill.The term curiosity can also be used to denote the behavior or emotion of being curious, in regard to the desire to gain knowledge or information. Curiosity as a behavior and emotion is attributed over millennia as the driving force behind not only human development, but developments in science, language, and industry.

ChatGPT

  1. curious

    Curious is an adjective used to describe someone or something that shows a strong desire to know or learn something. It often refers to a person who has an eager wish to know or understand something, displaying inquisitiveness about people, things, or phenomena not immediately understood or known. It can also refer to something unusual or interesting due to its novelty or strangeness.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Curiousadjective

    difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact

  2. Curiousadjective

    exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill

  3. Curiousadjective

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

  4. Curiousadjective

    exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare

Wikidata

  1. Curious

    Curious is a women's fragrance by Britney Spears for Elizabeth Arden, and is the first perfume to be endorsed by Britney Spears, preceding "Fantasy." Spears reportedly earned $52 million from the endorsement.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Curious

    kū′ri-us, adj. anxious to learn: inquisitive: showing great care or nicety: skilfully made: singular: rare.—n. Curios′ity, state or quality of being curious: inquisitiveness: that which is curious: anything rare or unusual.—adv. Cū′riously.—n. Cū′riousness.—Curious arts (B.), magical practices. [Fr. curieux—L. curiosuscura.]

Editors Contribution

  1. curious

    Eager to know and learn from each other.

    We are naturally curious and therefore love to interact with other people.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 4, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'curious' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4126

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'curious' in Adjectives Frequency: #554

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of curious in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of curious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of curious in a Sentence

  1. Yusaku Maezawa:

    I'm so curious' what's life like in space' ? So, I am planning to find out on my own and share with the world on my YouTube channel.

  2. Bill Mutell:

    CEOs aren't there to have coffee in the cafeteria with employees and to yuk it up, it's easy for the gallery to criticize when in fact I'd be curious to see how they would have done things differently.

  3. Katy Perry:

    What I did know was I was curious and even then I knew sexuality wasn’t as black and white as this dress, and honestly, I haven’t always gotten it right but in 2008 when that song came out I knew that I started a conversation and a lot of the world seemed curious enough to sing along, too.

  4. Teresa Fung:

    The instrument they used to find out what they’re eating assesses food intake all day long . . . not only what they’re eating at work, but also what they’re eating at home, so I would be very curious to find out what they are eating when they are not at work.

  5. Louis Adamic:

    From Mount Hollywood, Los Angeles looks rather nice, enveloped in a haze of changing colors. Actually, and in spite of all the healthful sunshine and ocean breezes, it is a bad place - full of old, dying people, who were born old of tired pioneer parents, victims of America - full of curious wild and poisonous growths, decadent religious cults and fake science, and wildcat enterprises, which, with their aim for quick profit, are doomed to collapse and drag down multitudes of people.

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