curiosity (redirected from curiosities)

cu·ri·os·i·ty  (kyr-s-t)

n. pl. cu·ri·os·i·ties

1. A desire to know or learn.

2. A desire to know about people or things that do not concern one; nosiness.

3. An object that arouses interest, as by being novel or extraordinary: kept the carved bone and displayed it as a curiosity.

4. A strange or odd aspect.

5. Archaic Fastidiousness.

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[Middle English curiosite, from Old French, from Latin crisits, from crisus, inquisitive; see curious.]

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curiosity

Noun

pl -ties

1. eagerness to know or find out

2. a rare or unusual thing

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	curiosity - a state in which you want to learn more about something wonder cognitive state, state of mind - the state of a person's cognitive processes desire to know, lust for learning, thirst for knowledge - curiosity that motivates investigation and study interest, involvement - a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; "an interest in music" curiousness, inquisitiveness - a state of active curiosity
	2.	curiosity - something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting curio, oddment, peculiarity, rarity, oddity object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" bric-a-brac, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnot, knickknack - miscellaneous curios collectable, collectible - things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) collector's item, piece de resistance, showpiece - the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection

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curiosity

noun 1. inquisitiveness, interest, prying, snooping (informal) nosiness (informal)

noun 2. oddity, wonder, sight, phenomenon, spectacle, freak, marvel, novelty, rarity

noun 3. collector's item, trinket, curio, knick-knack, objet d'art (French) bibelot

Translations

curiosity [kjuərɪˈɔsɪtɪ] n → curiosidad f

curiosity [kjuərɪˈɔsɪtɪ] n → curiosité f

curiosity [kjuərɪˈɔsɪtɪ] n (see adj) → Wissbegier(de) f; Neugier f; Merkwürdigkeit f

curiosity [kjuərɪˈɔsɪtɪ] n → curiosità