Curiosity

  • 51curiosity plant — peruvinis stulpenis statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Cereus hildmannianus angl. curiosity plant; hedge cactus; Peruvian torch vok. Säulenkaktus von Peru rus. цереус перувиянский lenk. cereus peruwiański ryšiai: žiūrėk – tikrasis… …

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  • 52Curiosity Box, Mr —    A nonce name used to a man who is trying to elicit information in Like Any Other Man, by Patrick Boyle. The speaker is a woman. ‘I know what you’re after, Mr Curiosity Box, but you’ll worm nothing out of me.’ …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 53curiosity — /kyoor ee os i tee/, n., pl. curiosities. 1. the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness. 2. a curious, rare, or novel thing. 3. a strange, curious, or interesting quality. 4. Archaic. carefulness; fastidiousness. [1350 1400; ME… …

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  • 54curiosity — cu·ri·os·i·ty || ‚kjÊŠÉ™rɪ É’sÉ™tɪ n. inquisitiveness, desire to know and understand anything; unusual object, rare object …

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  • 55curiosity — noun (plural curiosities) 1》 a strong desire to know or learn something. 2》 a unusual or interesting object or fact …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 56curiosity — n. 1. Inquisitiveness. 2. Phenomenon, wonder, marvel, rarity, sight, spectacle …

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  • 57curiosity — n 1. inquisitiveness, inquiringness, inquiring, acquisitiveness, investigativeness, investigating, interrogating, querying, questioning, search, searching, scrutinizing, study, studying, interest, research, researching. 2. intrusiveness,… …

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  • 58curiosity — cu·ri·os·i·ty …

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  • 59curiosity — [ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti] noun 1) [U] a strong feeling of wanting to find out about something 2) [C] something that is unusual and interesting …

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  • 60curiosity — cu•ri•os•i•ty [[t]ˌkyʊər iˈɒs ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness 2) a curious, rare, or novel thing 3) a strange, curious, or interesting quality 4) archaic carefulness; fastidiousness • Etymology …

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