Curiosity
[kjʊərɪ'ɒsɪtɪ] or [,kjʊrɪ'ɑsəti]
Definition
(noun.) a state in which you want to learn more about something.
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Definition
(n.) The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.
(n.) Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.
(n.) That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Inquisitiveness.[2]. Phenomenon, wonder, marvel, rarity, sight, spectacle.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Inquisitiveness, interest, wonder, marvel, interrogativeness, rarity,phenomenon, celebrity, oddity, lion
ANT:Indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction, absence, weed, drug, dirt,cipher, bagatelle, song
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.
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Examples
- Take me with you, I said, just to gratify my curiosity. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The three looked at me, but not distrustfully; I felt there was no suspicion in their glances: there was more of curiosity. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- People admired the machines as a curiosity, but none were induced to buy them or help him pecuniarily. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- You have no idea how these enigmatic speeches pique my curiosity. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I was partly urged by curiosity, and compassion confirmed my resolution. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Well, well, he excites my curiosity, and I must really know before I leave him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Pickwick eyed the old man with great curiosity, and the remainder of the company smiled, and looked on in silence. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Tis a cousin of Miss Vye's, come to take Charley's place from curiosity. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mrs. Fisher, moreover, had no embarrassing curiosity. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In that country, books are so common that it is really no curiosity to see one. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was referred to as a curiosity in the _Philosophical Transactions_ in 1747. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Opening this piece of paper in the next pause, the counsel looked with great attention and curiosity at the prisoner. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- With some curiosity as to what could have sent a brother medico to us at such an hour, I followed Holmes into our sanctum. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Beautifully finished furniture in quartered oak has always excited the pleasure, and piqued the curiosity of the uninformed as to how this result is obtained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If the Aristotelian conception represented just Aristotle's personal view, it would be a more or less interesting historical curiosity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It makes me dizzy, to think of the Vatican--of its wilderness of statues, paintings, and curiosities of every description and every age. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They're curiosities. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Yesterday we spent three or four hours in the Vatican, again, that wonderful world of curiosities. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I visited many other apartments, but shall not trouble my reader with all the curiosities I observed, being studious of brevity. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- They introduced me to some gentlemen from the country, who went to Chelsea by water, to see the college and Don Saltero's curiosities. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The interval between that time and supper Wemmick devoted to showing me his collection of curiosities. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- On the other side, after having seen all the curiosities of the island, I was very desirous to leave it, being heartily weary of those people. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He had two large rooms full of wonderful curiosities, and fifty men at work. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Some of the pictures of the Saviour were curiosities in their way. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It's six now, so if you care for a stroll this beautiful evening I shall be very happy to introduce you to two curiosities. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I desired leave of this prince to see the curiosities of the island, which he was graciously pleased to grant, and ordered my tutor to attend me. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- At that time motors were curiosities. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One of our curiosities mustn't be cold when we have it in our power to warm her up comfortable. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I had brought over a few curiosities, among which the principal was a purse made of the _asbestos_, which purifies by fire. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Several curiosities have been lately dug up near the wall, as well as at the ancient station of Habitancum. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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