- an eager desire to know; inquisitiveness
- the quality of being curious; strangeness
- something strange or fascinating
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2022
cu•ri•os•i•ty /ˌkyʊriˈɑsɪti/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ties.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2022- the desire to learn or know about anything;
inquisitiveness:[uncountable]Just out of curiosity, what are you doing tomorrow night? - a curious or rare thing:[countable]several old curiosities in the museum shop.
cu•ri•os•i•ty
(kyŏŏr′ē os′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties.
- the desire to learn or know about anything;
inquisitiveness. - a curious, rare, or novel thing.
- a strange, curious, or interesting quality.
- [Archaic.]carefulness;
fastidiousness.
- Latin cūriōsitās. See curious, -ity
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English curiosite (1350–1400
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curiosity /ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)
'curiosity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Fatima
- Old Curiosity Shop, The
- Pandora
- aflame
- agog
- appealing
- artillery plant
- bibelot
- boil
- borderless
- compel
- consume
- curio
- curious
- dominant
- excite
- eye
- fascinate
- flag
- gaze
- ghoulish
- huge
- interest
- interested
- interesting
- intrigue
- intriguing
- mob
- mysterious
- mystery
- object
- objet d'art
- oddity
- pandora
- pique
- pole
- questioning
- roam
- rubberneck
- sensational
- slum
- snoopy
- toll
- visit
- whet
- wonder
- yes