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‖ curioso arch.|kjʊərɪˈəʊsəʊ|
Pl. -i, -os.
[a. It. curioso (kuriˈoso) a curious person.]
In 17th c., usually one who is curious in matters of science and art; b. later, an admirer or collector of curiosities; a connoisseur, virtuoso.
1658–72Wood Life 24 July 1658, Dr. John Wilkins, warden of Wadham Coll., the greatest curioso of his time. 1710London & Wise Compl. Gard. (1719) 40 The most judicious sort of Curioso's. 1727S. Switzer Pract. Gardiner ii. xiii. 99 Those curioso's who divide herbs into four degrees of heat, and four degrees of cold. 1806T. S. Surr Winter in Lond. I. 216 [The books] remained stationary on the shelves, except to the curiosi. |