curiousness

cu·ri·ous  (kyr-s)

adj.

1. Eager to learn more: curious investigators; a trapdoor that made me curious.

2. Unduly inquisitive; prying.

3. Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness: a curious fact.

4. Archaic

a. Accomplished with skill or ingenuity.

b. Extremely careful; scrupulous.

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[Middle English, from Old French curios, from Latin crisus, careful, inquisitive, from cra, care; see cure.]

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curi·ous·ly adv.

curi·ous·ness n.

Synonyms: curious, inquisitive, snoopy, nosy
These adjectives apply to persons who show a marked desire for information or knowledge. Curious most often implies an avid desire to know or learn, though it can suggest prying: A curious child is a teacher's delight. A curious neighbor can be a nuisance.
Inquisitive frequently suggests excessive curiosity and the asking of many questions: "Remember, no revolvers. The police are, I believe, proverbially inquisitive" (Lord Dunsany).
Snoopy suggests underhanded prying: The snoopy hotel detective spied on guests in the lobby.
Nosy implies impertinent curiosity likened to that of an animal using its nose to examine or probe: My nosy colleague went through my mail. See Also Synonyms at strange.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	curiousness - a state of active curiosity inquisitiveness curiosity, wonder - a state in which you want to learn more about something nosiness, prying, snoopiness - offensive inquisitiveness
	2.	curiousness - the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner" foreignness, strangeness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare exoticism, exoticness, exotism - the quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt" alienage, alienism - the quality of being alien

Translations

curiousness

n

= curiosity a

(= oddness) → Merkwürdigkeit f, → Sonderbarkeit f