curiosity.
Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
Meaning & usage
Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.
He put the strangely shaped rock in his curiosity cabinet.
Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English curiosite, variant of curiouste, from Anglo-Norman curiouseté, from Latin cūriōsitātem, accusative of cūriōsitās. By surface analysis, curious + -ity. Displaced native Old English firwitt.
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