curiosan.

/kjʊərɪˈəʊsə/

Etymology: neuter plural of Latin cūriōsus (see curious adj. and adv.).

With plural agreement. Curiosities, oddities; spec. erotic or pornographic books (cf. curious adj. 16b).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > rare book(s) > [noun]

rare book1584

rariora1859

curiosa1883

rarissima1883

introuvable1963

society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > erotic or pornographic books

curiosa1920

dirty book1960

stroke book1972

1883 Sat. Rev. 17 Mar. 350/2 Indicating at the end of his preface such miscellaneous curiosa as may be found in the mighty volume ensuing.

1920 M. Secker Let. Jan. in C. Mackenzie Life & Times (1966) V. 169 No bookseller would buy a single copy of the Rainbow even with my imprint unless he dealt in ‘curiosa’.

1947 N. Marsh Final Curtain ix. 143 She's not..the type to pore over literary curiosa unless..they were curious in the specialised sense.

1959 J. Thurber Years with Ross iv. 68 Nash was a keen collector of human curiosa.

1970 ‘E. McGirr’ Death pays Wages ii. 43 Somebody told the old chap that the British Museum Reading Room has a huge collection of curiosa.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	curiosa
释义	curiosan. /kjʊərɪˈəʊsə/ Etymology: neuter plural of Latin cūriōsus (see curious adj. and adv.). With plural agreement. Curiosities, oddities; spec. erotic or pornographic books (cf. curious adj. 16b). ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > rare book(s) > [noun] rare book1584 rariora1859 curiosa1883 rarissima1883 introuvable1963 society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > erotic or pornographic books curiosa1920 dirty book1960 stroke book1972 1883 Sat. Rev. 17 Mar. 350/2 Indicating at the end of his preface such miscellaneous curiosa as may be found in the mighty volume ensuing. 1920 M. Secker Let. Jan. in C. Mackenzie Life & Times (1966) V. 169 No bookseller would buy a single copy of the Rainbow even with my imprint unless he dealt in ‘curiosa’. 1947 N. Marsh Final Curtain ix. 143 She's not..the type to pore over literary curiosa unless..they were curious in the specialised sense. 1959 J. Thurber Years with Ross iv. 68 Nash was a keen collector of human curiosa. 1970 ‘E. McGirr’ Death pays Wages ii. 43 Somebody told the old chap that the British Museum Reading Room has a huge collection of curiosa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1883
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