curiousness


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cu·ri·ous

 (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.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.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

curiousness

noun
1. Mental acquisitiveness:
curiosity, inquisitiveness, interest.
Idiom: thirst for knowledge.
2. Undue interest in the affairs of others:
curiosity, inquisitiveness.
Informal: nosiness, snoopiness.
Translations

curiousness

n
= curiosity a
(= oddness) → Merkwürdigkeit f, → Sonderbarkeit f
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cried Colin, and his eyes began to search the ivy with eager curiousness.
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He lay down in the snow, depositing the ptarmigan beside him, and with eyes peering through the needles of a low-growing spruce he watched the play of life before him--the waiting lynx and the waiting porcupine, each intent on life; and, such was the curiousness of the game, the way of life for one lay in the eating of the other, and the way of life for the other lay in being not eaten.
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At the sound of his voice the woman peered at him with quick curiousness.
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