Curiosity
11curiosity */ — UK [ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsətɪ] / US [ˌkjʊrɪˈɑsətɪ] noun Word forms curiosity : singular curiosity plural curiosities 1) [singular/uncountable] a strong feeling of wanting to find out about something curiosity about: All children have a certain curiosity… …
12curiosity — noun 1 (singular, uncountable) the desire to know about something, or to know about a lot of different things (+ about): Children have a natural curiosity about the world around them. | out of curiosity: Just out of curiosity, how old are you? |… …
13curiosity — cu|ri|os|i|ty [ ,kjuri asəti ] noun * 1. ) singular or uncount a strong feeling of wanting to find out about something: curiosity about: All children have a certain curiosity about sexual matters. out of curiosity (=because of curiosity): Just… …
14curiosity — 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… …
15curiosity — [[t]kjʊ͟əriɒ̱sɪti[/t]] curiosities 1) N UNCOUNT Curiosity is a desire to know about something. Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else. ...an enthusiasm and genuine curiosity about the past... To satisfy our own curiosity we… …
16Curiosity — (Roget s Thesaurus) >The desire of knowledge. < N PARAG:Curiosity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 interest interest thirst for knowledge Sgm: N 1 curiosity curiosity curiousness Sgm: N 1 inquiring mind inquiring mind Sgm: N 1 inquisitiveness… …
17curiosity — n. 1) to arouse, excite, pique, whet (one s) curiosity 2) to satisfy one s curiosity 3) healthy; idle; intellectual; natural; unquenchable curiosity 4) curiosity about 5) out of curiosity (he did it out of curiosity) …
18curiosity — noun /ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪti/ a) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. wee built a homely thing like a barne, set upon Cratchets, covered with rafts, sedge, and earth, so also was the… …
19curiosity — noun (plural ties) Date: 14th century 1. desire to know: a. inquisitive interest in others concerns ; nosiness b. interest leading to inquiry < intellectual curiosity > …
20curiosity — Synonyms and related words: abnormality, amazement, anomaly, ardor, astonishing thing, astonishment, bauble, bric a brac, cathexis, concern, concernment, concupiscence, conversation piece, curio, desideration, desire, drive, eagerness, enthusiasm …
