Curiosity

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  • noun. A desire to know or learn.
  • noun. A desire to know about people or things that do not concern one; nosiness.
  • noun. An object that arouses interest, as by being novel or extraordinary.
  • noun. A strange or odd aspect.
  • noun. Fastidiousness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Carefulness; nicety; delicacy; fastidiousness; scrupulous care.
  • noun. Accuracy; exactness; nice performance.
  • noun. Curious arrangement; singular or artful performance.
  • noun. Extravagantly minute investigation.
  • noun. Fancifulness; extravagance; a curious or fanciful subject.
  • noun. The desire to see or learn something that is new, strange, or unknown; inquisitiveness.
  • noun. An object of interest or inquisitiveness; that which excites a desire of seeing or deserves to be seen, as novel or extraordinary; something rare or strange.
  • noun. Synonyms. Phenomenon, marvel, wonder, sight, rarity.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.
  • noun. Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.
  • noun. That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
  • noun. a state in which you want to learn more about something