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curiousness
cu·ri·ous C0813700 (kyo͝or′ē-əs)adj.1. Eager to learn more: curious investigators; a trapdoor that made me curious.2. Unduly inquisitive; prying: a curious neighbor always looking over the fence.3. Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness: a curious fact.4. Archaic a. Accomplished with skill or ingenuity.b. Extremely careful; scrupulous or fastidious.
[Middle English, from Old French curios, from Latin cūriōsus, careful, inquisitive, from cūra, care; see cure.]
cu′ri·ous·ly adv.cu′ri·ous·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | curiousness - a state of active curiosityinquisitivenesscuriosity, wonder - a state in which you want to learn more about somethingnosiness, prying, snoopiness - offensive inquisitiveness | | 2. | curiousness - the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner"foreignness, strangenessquality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeareexoticism, exoticness, exotism - the quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt"alienage, alienism - the quality of being alien |
curiousnessnoun1. Mental acquisitiveness:curiosity, inquisitiveness, interest.Idiom: thirst for knowledge.2. Undue interest in the affairs of others:curiosity, inquisitiveness.Informal: nosiness, snoopiness.Translationscuriousness
Related to curiousness: curiosity, courteousnessSynonyms for curiousnessnoun mental acquisitivenessSynonyms- curiosity
- inquisitiveness
- interest
noun undue interest in the affairs of othersSynonyms- curiosity
- inquisitiveness
- nosiness
- snoopiness
Synonyms for curiousnessnoun a state of active curiositySynonymsRelated Words- curiosity
- wonder
- nosiness
- prying
- snoopiness
noun the quality of being alien or not nativeSynonymsRelated Words- quality
- exoticism
- exoticness
- exotism
- alienage
- alienism
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