单词 | curioso |
释义 | curioson. archaic. (a) In 17th cent.: (usually) one who is curious in matters of science and art. (b) Later: an admirer or collector of curiosities; a connoisseur, virtuoso. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > person having inquisitor?1504 ferret1629 curioso1658 inquisitive1690 numquid1833 pry1837 noser1860 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > [noun] > connoisseur curioso1658 connoisseur1719 conoscente1766 cognoscente1777 arbiter elegantiae1818 maven1907 1658–72 A. Wood Life 24 July 1658 Dr. John Wilkins, warden of Wadham Coll., the greatest curioso of his time. 1710 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (1719) 40 The most judicious sort of Curioso's. 1727 S. Switzer Pract. Kitchen Gardiner ii. xiii. 99 Those curioso's who divide herbs into four degrees of heat, and four degrees of cold. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London I. ix. 216 [The books] remained stationary on the shelves, except to the curiosi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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