curiosity

Definitions

1. Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
   uncountable
2. Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.
   countable, uncountable
4. A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
5. Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
6. Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building

Equivalents

39 more languages

العربيةالفضولتحفةتطلعتقليعةفضول+ 2 more

Azərbaycan dilimaraq

Българскилюбопитстворядкост

Bosanskikuriozitetmerakradoznalostretkostrijetkostzanimljivostznatiželjaзанимљивостзнатижељакуриозитетрадозналостреткостријеткост+ 10 more

Catalàcuriositat

Češtinakuriozitazajímavostzvědavost

Dansknysgerrighed

Ελληνικάπεριέργεια

Esperantoscivoleco

فارسیکنجکاوی

Suomierikoisuuskuriositeettitiedonhaluuteliaisuus+ 1 more

Galegocuriosidade

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻinīele

עבריתסקרנותקוריוז

हिन्दीऔत्सुक्यजिज्ञासातोहफ़ाहवस+ 1 more

Hrvatskikuriozitetmerakradoznalostretkostrijetkostzanimljivostznatiželjaзанимљивостзнатижељакуриозитетрадозналостреткостријеткост+ 10 more

Magyarérdekességkíváncsiság

Íslenskaforvitni

Italianocuriosità

日本語きょときょとみせもの不思議好奇好奇心珍奇+ 3 more

한국어호기심

Kurdîucûbe

Latinacuriositas

Latviešuziņkāreziņkārība

Македонскиљубопитност

मराठीकुतूहलजिज्ञासा

Nederlandscuriositeitnieuwsgierigheid

Polskiciekawośćciekawostkakuriozumosobliwośćzaciekawieniezainteresowanie+ 3 more

Portuguêscuriosidade

Românăcuriozitate

Русскийдиковинакурьезлюбозна́тельностьлюбопытствопытли́востьредкость+ 3 more

Slovenščinaradovednost

Српскиkuriozitetmerakradoznalostretkostrijetkostzanimljivostznatiželjaзанимљивостзнатижељакуриозитетрадозналостреткостријеткост+ 10 more

Svenskakuriositetkuriosumnyfikenhetvetgirighet+ 1 more

தமிழ்ஆர்வம்

ไทยความอยากรู้อยากเห็น

Tagalogkuryosidad

Türkçemerakmeraklılıktuhaflıkucube+ 1 more

Українськадивинадивовижарі́дкістьцікавість+ 1 more

Examples

“It was the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his friend's quarters; and he eyed the dingy windowless structure⟳ with curiosity, and gazed round with a distasteful sense⟳ of strangeness as he crossed the theatre, […]”

“"Certainly there is nothing wrong with Alvin's intelligence, but many of the things that should concern⟳ him seem to be a matter⟳ of complete⟳ indifference. On the other hand, he shows a morbid curiosity regarding subjects which we do not generally discuss⟳."”

“They learn⟳ that reading, besides being something one does at school, is also something one can do on one's own⟳, for fun, to satisfy⟳ curiosity, or even to "expand⟳ one's horizons.””

“Curiosity about the power of self-control skills, which include⟳ conscientiousness, self-discipline, and perseverance, arose from recent empirical observations that preschool Head Start⟳, an ambitious, federally funded program⟳ of special services launched in 1965 to boost⟳ the intellectual development of needy children, has failed to achieve⟳ the goal of boosting IQ scores. But the programs have⟳ unexpectedly succeeded in lowering the former pupils’ rates of teen pregnancy, school dropout, delinquency, and work⟳ absenteeism.”

“He put⟳ the strangely shaped rock in his curiosity cabinet.”

“[The room] was adorned with a great number⟳ of nicknacks and curiosities, which might have⟳ engaged the attention of a virtuoso.”

“The loss of his tye-periwig and laced hat, which were curiosities of the kind, did not at all contribute⟳ to the improvement of the picture […].”

“wee built a homely thing like⟳ a barne, set⟳ upon Cratchets, covered with rafts, sedge, and earth, so also was the walls; the best of our houses of the like⟳ curiosity, but the most part farre much worse workmanship […]”

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