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Definitions for: Curiosity
[n] something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
[n] a state in which you want to learn more about something
Webster (1913) Definition: Cu`ri*os"i*ty (k[=u]`r[i^]*[o^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n.;
pl. Curiosities (-t[i^]z). [OE. curiouste, curiosite, OF.
curioset['e], curiosit['e], F. curiosit['e], fr. L.
curiositas, fr. curiosus. See Curious, and cf. Curio.]
1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy;
exactness; elaboration. [Obs.] --Bacon.
When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they
mocked thee for too much curiosity. --Shak.
A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with
great curiosity. --Evelin.
2. Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after
knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new
information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.
--Milton.
3. That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward
attention.
We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of
this great town. --Addison.
There hath been practiced also a curiosity, to set a
tree upon the north side of a wall, and, at a little
hieght, to draw it through the wall, etc. --Bacon.
Synonyms: curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity, wonder
See Also: cognitive state, collector's item, curiousness, desire to know, inquisitiveness, interest, involvement, lust for learning, piece de resistance, showpiece, state of mind, stuff, sundries, sundry, thirst for knowledge, whatchamacallit, whatsis
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