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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
curiosity/kjʊəriˈɒsəti/

▶noun (pl. curiosities)

1 a strong desire to know or learn something.

2 an unusual or interesting object or fact.

'curiosity' also found in these Oxford entries:

curio - incurious - interest - interesting - intrigue - nosy - pique - rouse

Forum discussions with the word(s) "curiosity" in the title:

(The) researcher's curiosity
arouse curiosity
as long as he holds on to his childlike curiosity
avail to one's curiosity
curiosity
curiosity
Curiosity about both active and passive meaning.
curiosity dealer
He looked at me with much curiosity, ____ angry or upset.
intellectual curiosity
It was a curiosity, believed to affect creative types
Kill or indulge my curiosity?
passing curiosity
satisfy your curiosity
so that curiosity is aroused in students
spark their curiosity
Technical curiosity
to satisfy one's curiosity
what's the next sentence following "curiosity kill the cats"?

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