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curiosity

[ kyoor-ee-os-i-tee ]

noun

plural curiosities.
  1. the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness:

    The lesson provoked their curiosity about the natural world.

    She feels that tolerance is fed by knowledge, an open mind, and curiosity about others.

  2. a curious, rare, or novel thing:

    Exhibits on display will include such curiosities as preserved smells, infrared briefcases, and cameras hidden in coats.

  3. a strange, curious, or interesting quality or feature:

    How bankers from Nova Scotia set up in the Caribbean in the 1880s is a curiosity of financial history.

    One of the human brain's many curiosities is its tendency to see faces in abstract shapes.

  4. Archaic. carefulness; fastidiousness.


curiosity

/ 藢办箩蕣蓹谤瑟藞蓲蝉瑟迟瑟 /

noun

  1. an eager desire to know; inquisitiveness
    1. the quality of being curious; strangeness
    2. ( as modifier )

      the ring had curiosity value only

  2. something strange or fascinating
  3. a rare or strange object; curio
  4. obsolete.
    fastidiousness
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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  • 辞路惫别谤路肠耻路谤颈路辞蝉路颈路迟测 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of curiosity1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English curiosite, either from Anglo-French or directly from Latin 肠奴谤颈艒蝉颈迟腻蝉, from 肠奴谤颈艒蝉(耻蝉) curious + -颈迟腻蝉 -ity
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. curiosity killed the cat, being too inquisitive is dangerous:

    I'd really like to know what's going on in the boss's head, but then, curiosity killed the cat.

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Example Sentences

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Sweet salads are back 鈥 not with irony, but with curiosity.

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In that case, it鈥檚 no surprise that 鈥淪inners,鈥 Coogler鈥檚 first entirely original film, would pique viewers鈥 curiosity.

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A similar level of curiosity also could extend to quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who was projected as a potential first-round pick before falling to the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round.

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Bob had that natural inclination, along with a strong curiosity and that thing Ray Bradbury called 鈥榦ptimistic behaviorism,鈥 the ability to be realistic and practical.鈥

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The still-standing Angelus Temple across from Echo Park Lake sparked my curiosity years ago.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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