My father's care
With curiousness and cost did train me up. --
Massinger.
[1913 Webster]
2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship;
ingenuity of contrivance.
[1913 Webster]
3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
curiousness — index interest (concern) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
curiousness — noun see curious … New Collegiate Dictionary
curiousness — See curiously. * * * … Universalium
curiousness — noun a) The state or quality of being curious. b) The result or product of being curious. Syn: curiosity … Wiktionary
curiousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Mental acquisitiveness: curiosity, inquisitiveness, interest. Idiom: thirst for knowledge. See INVESTIGATE. 2. Undue interest in the affairs of others: curiosity, inquisitiveness. Informal: nosiness, snoopiness. See … English dictionary for students
curiousness — n. inquisitiveness, interest, nosiness … English contemporary dictionary
curiousness — cu·ri·ous·ness … English syllables
curiousness — noun 1. a state of active curiosity • Syn: ↑inquisitiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑inquisitive (for: ↑inquisitiveness), ↑curious (for: ↑inqu … Useful english dictionary
curiosity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Eagerness to learn Nouns 1. curiosity, curiousness; interest, thirst for knowledge; inquiring mind; inquisitiveness; meddling, nosiness; sightseeing; voyeurism; morbid curiosity, prurience. See… … English dictionary for students
English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue … Wikipedia
