noun
Meaning 1
Curiosity; inquisitiveness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
curiousness
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊəɹi.əsnəs/
noun
Meaning 2
The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncountable, usually
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Care; carefulness; pains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
The product or result of being curious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
Meaning 5
the quality of being alien or not native
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the strangeness of a foreigner
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foreignness, strangeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: exoticism, exoticness, exotism, alienage, alienism
noun
Meaning 6
a state of active curiosity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inquisitiveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: curiosity, wonder
Narrower terms: nosiness, prying, snoopiness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English curious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English curiousness From curious + -ness.