inquisitiveness, desire to know and understand anything; unusual object, rare object
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Curiosity Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Curiosity Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.
The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.
(n.)
That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention.
That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention.
(n.)
Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDisposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.
curiosity
\cu`ri*os"i*ty\ (kū`r&ibreve;*&obreve;s"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n.; pl. curiosities (-t&ibreve;z). [oe. curiouste, curiosite, of. curioseté, curiosité, f. curiosité, fr. l. curiositas, fr. curiosus. see curious, and cf. curio.]
1. the state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. [obs.] when thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity. a screen accurately cut in tapiary work with great curiosity.
2. disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.
3. that which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention. we took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town. there hath been practiced also a curiosity, to set a tree upon the north side of a wall, and, at a little hieght, to draw it through the wall, etc.
curiosity
n
1. a state in which you want to learn more about something [syn: wonder]
2. something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity]
Curiosity, (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.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)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.
Noun
1. a state in which you want to learn more about something
(synonym) wonder
(hypernym) cognitive state, state of mind
(hyponym) desire to know, lust for learning, thirst for knowledge
2. something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
(synonym) curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot
Curiosity Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy.
Curiosity Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Curiosity (from Latin curiosus "careful, diligent, curious," akin to cura "care") is an emotion related to natural inquisitive behavior such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident by observation in human and many animal species. The term can also be used to denote the behavior itself being caused by the emotion of curiosity. As this emotion represents a drive to know new things, curiosity is a major driving forces behind scientific research and other disciplines of human study.
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Curiosity is an emotion related to natural inquisitive behavior such as exploration, investigation, and learning.
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