Inquisitiveness

  • 101voyeurism — Synonyms and related words: active algolagnia, algolagnia, algolagny, amphierotism, autoeroticism, bisexuality, coprophilia, curiosity, curious mind, curiousness, exhibitionism, fetishism, ghoulishness, heterosexuality, homoeroticism,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 102Stickybeak — 1. nosy person; inquisitive, prying person; 2. look merely to satisfy one s own inquisitiveness: We went to the inspection just to have a stickybeak ; 3. pry or meddle …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 103stickybeak — Australian Slang 1. nosy person; inquisitive, prying person; 2. look merely to satisfy one s own inquisitiveness: We went to the inspection just to have a stickybeak ; 3. pry or meddle …

    English dialects glossary

  • 104inquisitive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. questioning; curious, prying, meddlesome, busybodyish. See curiosity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. curious, inquiring, prying, speculative, questioning, interested, intrusive, meddling, meddlesome,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 105interest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. concern; touch, affect; fascinate, engross, intrigue; hold [the attention], engage, absorb. See excitement. n. concern; welfare, benefit; payment, sum, advantage, profit; part, share, holding; claim,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 106nosiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. Undue interest in the affairs of others: curiosity, curiousness, inquisitiveness. Informal: snoopiness. See INVESTIGATE …

    English dictionary for students

  • 107snoopiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. Undue interest in the affairs of others: curiosity, curiousness, inquisitiveness. Informal: nosiness. See INVESTIGATE …

    English dictionary for students

  • 108inquisitive — in|quis|i|tive [ınˈkwızıtıv] adj 1.) asking too many questions and trying to find out too many details about something or someone ▪ I d have asked more questions, but I didn t want to seem inquisitive. 2.) interested in a lot of different things… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 109Cassian, John — (ca. 360–433)    Abbot; father of the church. Like St. ANTHONY, who preceded him in the same century, John Cassian was a significant early author on the nature and characteristics of DEMONs and the remedies against them. However, the church… …

    Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology

  • 110Zoroastrianism —    Religion of ancient Persia based on the teachings of the prophet Zarasthustra (Zoroaster in Greek). Zoroastrianism influenced the development of Western angelologies and demonologies.    Zarathustra may have been born as early as 650 B.C.E.… …

    Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology