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curio

noun
/ˈkjʊə̯ɹiˌəʊ̯/

Etymology

Clipping of curiosity, 1851. Compare cabinet of curiosities and French objet de curiosité.

  1. derived from objet de curiosité

Definitions

  1. A strange and interesting object

    A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.

    • Staghorn ferns, with their antlerlike leaves, are really curios of ferndom and never fail to gain attention.
    • Video telephony is just about the only new technology from that particular movie that has appeared—and it was technically possible when the movie was showing. 2001 can be seen as a curio, but what about Star Trek?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for curio. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA