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incurious, a.|ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs|
[ad. L. incūriōs-us careless, unconcerned, negligent, not done with care, f. in- (in-3) + cūriōsus careful, curious; cf. F. incurieux. In sense 7, app. f. in-3 + curious.]
I. Subjectively.
1. Without care or concern:
a. Not bestowing care; careless, negligent, heedless.
b. Free from care or apprehension; not anxious, untroubled. arch. (Constr. of.)
1570Levins Manip. 226/6 Incuriouse, incuriosus. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. (1622) 270 Can we think that the Providence..should be so supinely incurious as to slight and neglect the falling of Kingdoms? 1647Jer. Taylor Lib. Proph. Ep. Ded. 15 It would be hard to say that such Physitians are incurious of their Patients. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. vii. §231 In his Cloaths and Habit,..he was not now only incurious, but too negligent. 1670Maynwaring Vita Sana xv. 132 In a threefold manner the Soul..is incurious of the wellfare of the Body. 1737L. Clarke Hist. Bible (1740) II. Gosp. vi. 157 But they, incurious of those hell torments Judas felt. 1861Lytton & Fane Tannhäuser 92 He wander'd forth, incurious of the way.
2. Not desirous of obtaining knowledge, information, or news; uninquisitive, uninquiring, indifferent; devoid of curiosity.
1613–18Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 2 So incurious were they of further knowledg then what concerned their trade. a1614Donne βιαθανατος 205 Papias the Disciple of Saint John, whose times cannot be thought ignorant or incurious of Judas' History. 1774J. Bryant Mythol. I. 155 There surely was never a nation so incurious and indifferent about truth. 1836J. H. Newman Par. Serm. (1837) III. xii. 188, I am speaking of those of us who have learned to reflect,..not of the incurious or illiterate. 1842Lytton Zanoni 29 Not with the absent brow and incurious air of students. 1883Century Mag. XXV. 692/1 Cecil was..incurious about the..lives and character of her two comrades.
3. Not careful in observation; heedless, inattentive, careless.
1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 45 Exposed to the Eyes and notice of the more careless and incurious Observer. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. (1749) II. 15 note, By an incurious view, it rather regrateth, than pleaseth the eye. 1762B. Stillingfl. tr. Swed. Nat. Hist. in Misc. Tr. 359 note, It is a notion which prevails commonly that cows eat the crow⁓foot..This shews how very incurious the country people are in relation to things they are every day conversant with. 1812J. J. Henry Camp. agst. Quebec 223 Resembles the latter, in the bark and leaf so much, that an incurious eye might be deceived. 1848R. I. Wilberforce Incarnation v. (1852) 99 He discerns the full meaning of what had at first fallen idly on his incurious ear.
†4. Not minute or careful in estimating; not precise or fastidious; not particular; uncritical; undiscriminating. Obs.
1645Bp. Hall Remedy Discontents 116 The meek spirit is incurious; and..takes his load from God (as the Camel from his Master) upon his knees. 1648Herrick Hesper., Wake, Players..Base in action as in clothes; Yet with strutts they will please The incurious villages. 1728Vanbr. & Cib. Prov. Husb. Epil., The greatest Blessing Heav'n e'er sent, Is in a Spouse, Incurious and Content. 1749Power Pros. Numbers 5 Many modern Writers..are so very incurious in this Point, that provided there be Grammar and Thought they seem concerned for nothing else.
II. Objectively.
†5. Not carefully or exquisitely prepared, made, composed, or done; plain, homely, coarse.
1608–33Bp. Hall Medit. & Vows, Love Christ §10 Canst Thou, O blessed Saviour, be so taken with the incurious and homely features of thy faithful ones? Ibid., Sight Raven (1851) 74 No doubt, Elijah's stomach was often up before that his incurious diet came. 1615T. Adams Black Devil 47 It [the house] is not sluttish, for it is swept; it is not incurious, for it is garnished. 1691tr. Emilianne's Frauds Rom. Monks 114 The Angel-Limner must have been but a Blockhead and Bungler at his Art, to draw such rude and incurious Stroaks. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 535 This solid piece of not incurious Sculpture.
†6. Not elaborate, or abstruse; simple. Obs.
1664Jer. Taylor Dissuas. Popery 21 They establish no doctrine, neither curious nor incurious.
7. Unworthy of careful notice, not remarkable, uninteresting, deficient in interest; not curious. (Esp. in negative forms of expression.)
1747Gould Eng. Ants 71 The Manner of the Process is not incurious. 1776Twiss Tour Irel. 71 The inscriptions..have never been published, and are not incurious. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 589 The author of several very rare and not incurious pieces of poetry. |