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Definition of curiosity in English: curiositynounPlural curiosities kjʊərɪˈɒsɪtiˌkjʊriˈɑsədi 1mass noun A strong desire to know or learn something. filled with curiosity, she peered through the window curiosity got the better of me, so I called him Example sentencesExamples - But it did spark a curiosity that itched until she completed a short story.
- Rob still sparked a great curiosity in me.
- My insatiable curiosity got the best of me.
- And I am consumed by curiosity and a desire to know what on earth this cool thing is going to be like.
- In his essay on Leonardo, Freud even derives curiosity and the desire for knowledge from sexuality.
- Idle curiosity prompts the question: who applies it for him?
- After having car trouble the teens backtrack to the church to satisfy their morbid curiosity.
- At this statement my ears perked up, curiosity overtaking me.
- However, a warm breeze on the back of her neck aroused her curiosity.
- I was close to backing out, but my morbid curiosity got the best of me.
- When the buzz begins to build about a film, my curiosity is piqued.
- Plus, they're indulging their intellectual curiosity.
- The little boy looked at the opponent with a mixed feeling of curiosity and fear.
- His eyes searched hers curiously, but he found nothing but mild curiosity in her eyes.
- Many were also indulging a healthy curiosity about the outside world.
- The latter is a moralistic bore who puts intellectual curiosity second to her desire to pontificate.
- I made a quick glance over my shoulder, before I indulged my curiosity.
- Questions should be answered as they arise so that the child's natural curiosity is satisfied as she matures.
- The young woman was sitting forward in her seat, a look of almost childlike curiosity on her face.
- With curiosity now piqued, let's dig a bit deeper into the wording.
Synonyms inquisitiveness, interest, spirit of enquiry informal nosiness 2An unusual or interesting object or fact. he showed them some of the curiosities of the house Example sentencesExamples - They also collected specimens of human and animal freaks in private curiosity cabinets.
- Collectors paid much greater sums for medical curiosities.
- The embedding of the displays in a setting with its own architectural claims on our respect and attention makes it difficult to take them as anything but curiosities.
- It's one of the economic curiosities of American sport.
- But at some point, you can not only observe these curiosities and understand them, but you can control them.
- Curiosity seekers strolled down the street while others cruised past in SUV's.
- And amidst the displays of oddities and curiosities, the museum of anatomy was in some ways the oddest and most curious.
- But beyond the collection of curiosities and oddments, nothing extensive or substantive remains from what he said.
- The exhibit presents the animals as fellow beings we are close to and responsible for, not as exotic curiosities for us to exploit.
- The primary lesson we took from our Delphic oracle project is not the well-worn message that modern science can elucidate ancient curiosities.
- Most were merely curiosity seekers, so the police did not disperse them.
- Books, clothes, trinkets and curiosities will be on sale from 10 am.
- Old style anthropological methods treated Indigenous peoples as historical curiosities, as remnants of a dead culture.
- The unusual surface textures of fossil cycads have been interesting curiosities to collectors for a long time.
- The mirror is currently on display in the Enlightenment Gallery in a cabinet devoted to other similar curiosities.
- There the shoe trees stand: dippy and pure; curiosities; daisies, not orchids.
- But my well-balanced collection (which was mainly paid for) was replaced by curiosities.
- A true memorial must address the imagination and not merely present an assortment of ghoulish curiosities.
- The museum also contains a few worthwhile curiosities.
- And what a mixture of curiosities, myth, banalities and omissions it was.
Synonyms peculiarity, oddity, strangeness, oddness, idiosyncrasy, unusualness, novelty oddity, curio, novelty, conversation piece, object of virtu, collector's item rarity, wonder, marvel, phenomenon
Phrases proverb Being inquisitive about other people's affairs may get you into trouble. Example sentencesExamples - I can tell that he really needed that information, for a reason that I really didn't want to know but you know what they say… curiosity killed the cat.
- That's awfully mean of you to tease me like that - curiosity killed the cat, you know.
- I know, curiosity killed the cat, but felines have nine lives.
- But anyway, curiosity killed the cat… but you're not a cat.
- She wasn't the sort of girl to say something like that that meant another, still curiosity killed the cat and James had never been able to resist asking.
- I won't reveal any more of the plot than that, but if there's a moral to this story, it's that old truism that says that curiosity killed the cat.
- Stuffed as we were, however, curiosity killed the cat - and it very nearly took us with it as we recklessly agreed to share a devilled chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream.
- He must have forgotten curiosity killed the cat, but I haven't.
- Didn't your mother ever tell you curiosity killed the cat?
- Defending, he said: ‘This is a case where curiosity killed the cat.’
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French curiousete, from Latin curiositas, from curiosus (see curious). Rhymes anfractuosity, animosity, atrocity, bellicosity, fabulosity, ferocity, generosity, grandiosity, impecuniosity, impetuosity, jocosity, luminosity, monstrosity, nebulosity, pomposity, ponderosity, porosity, preciosity, precocity, reciprocity, religiosity, scrupulosity, sinuosity, sumptuosity, velocity, verbosity, virtuosity, viscosity Definition of curiosity in US English: curiositynounˌkyo͝orēˈäsədēˌkjʊriˈɑsədi 1A strong desire to know or learn something. filled with curiosity, she peered through the window curiosity got the better of me, so I called him Example sentencesExamples - The little boy looked at the opponent with a mixed feeling of curiosity and fear.
- I was close to backing out, but my morbid curiosity got the best of me.
- At this statement my ears perked up, curiosity overtaking me.
- When the buzz begins to build about a film, my curiosity is piqued.
- I made a quick glance over my shoulder, before I indulged my curiosity.
- And I am consumed by curiosity and a desire to know what on earth this cool thing is going to be like.
- Rob still sparked a great curiosity in me.
- But it did spark a curiosity that itched until she completed a short story.
- Many were also indulging a healthy curiosity about the outside world.
- The latter is a moralistic bore who puts intellectual curiosity second to her desire to pontificate.
- With curiosity now piqued, let's dig a bit deeper into the wording.
- However, a warm breeze on the back of her neck aroused her curiosity.
- In his essay on Leonardo, Freud even derives curiosity and the desire for knowledge from sexuality.
- Questions should be answered as they arise so that the child's natural curiosity is satisfied as she matures.
- Plus, they're indulging their intellectual curiosity.
- The young woman was sitting forward in her seat, a look of almost childlike curiosity on her face.
- Idle curiosity prompts the question: who applies it for him?
- His eyes searched hers curiously, but he found nothing but mild curiosity in her eyes.
- My insatiable curiosity got the best of me.
- After having car trouble the teens backtrack to the church to satisfy their morbid curiosity.
Synonyms inquisitiveness, interest, spirit of enquiry 2A strange or unusual object or fact. he showed them some of the curiosities of the house Example sentencesExamples - But at some point, you can not only observe these curiosities and understand them, but you can control them.
- A true memorial must address the imagination and not merely present an assortment of ghoulish curiosities.
- Curiosity seekers strolled down the street while others cruised past in SUV's.
- Books, clothes, trinkets and curiosities will be on sale from 10 am.
- The museum also contains a few worthwhile curiosities.
- The unusual surface textures of fossil cycads have been interesting curiosities to collectors for a long time.
- And what a mixture of curiosities, myth, banalities and omissions it was.
- But beyond the collection of curiosities and oddments, nothing extensive or substantive remains from what he said.
- They also collected specimens of human and animal freaks in private curiosity cabinets.
- The exhibit presents the animals as fellow beings we are close to and responsible for, not as exotic curiosities for us to exploit.
- Collectors paid much greater sums for medical curiosities.
- Most were merely curiosity seekers, so the police did not disperse them.
- It's one of the economic curiosities of American sport.
- The mirror is currently on display in the Enlightenment Gallery in a cabinet devoted to other similar curiosities.
- There the shoe trees stand: dippy and pure; curiosities; daisies, not orchids.
- But my well-balanced collection (which was mainly paid for) was replaced by curiosities.
- And amidst the displays of oddities and curiosities, the museum of anatomy was in some ways the oddest and most curious.
- Old style anthropological methods treated Indigenous peoples as historical curiosities, as remnants of a dead culture.
- The primary lesson we took from our Delphic oracle project is not the well-worn message that modern science can elucidate ancient curiosities.
- The embedding of the displays in a setting with its own architectural claims on our respect and attention makes it difficult to take them as anything but curiosities.
Synonyms peculiarity, oddity, strangeness, oddness, idiosyncrasy, unusualness, novelty oddity, curio, novelty, conversation piece, object of virtu, collector's item
Phrases proverb Being inquisitive about other people's affairs may get you into trouble. Example sentencesExamples - She wasn't the sort of girl to say something like that that meant another, still curiosity killed the cat and James had never been able to resist asking.
- That's awfully mean of you to tease me like that - curiosity killed the cat, you know.
- He must have forgotten curiosity killed the cat, but I haven't.
- Didn't your mother ever tell you curiosity killed the cat?
- Defending, he said: ‘This is a case where curiosity killed the cat.’
- I know, curiosity killed the cat, but felines have nine lives.
- I can tell that he really needed that information, for a reason that I really didn't want to know but you know what they say… curiosity killed the cat.
- Stuffed as we were, however, curiosity killed the cat - and it very nearly took us with it as we recklessly agreed to share a devilled chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream.
- But anyway, curiosity killed the cat… but you're not a cat.
- I won't reveal any more of the plot than that, but if there's a moral to this story, it's that old truism that says that curiosity killed the cat.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French curiousete, from Latin curiositas, from curiosus (see curious). |