noun. The character of being inquisitive; the disposition to inquire, ask questions, or investigate; curiosity to learn: as, the inquisitiveness of the human mind.

noun. The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.

noun. The quality of being inquisitive; curiosity.

noun. a state of active curiosity

"The caution is all the more necessary, as it is precisely the foreigner, who approaches a new language with a certain prying inquisitiveness, that is most apt to see life in vestigial features which the native is either completely unaware of or feels merely as dead form."

curiosity  wonder  

nosiness  prying  snoopiness  

absent-mindedness  adherence  adventurousness  busybody  chutzpah  

curiosity