curiosity
nounEtymology
From Middle English curiosite, variant of curiouste, from Anglo-Norman curiouseté, from Latin cūriōsitātem, accusative of cūriōsitās. By surface analysis, curious + -ity. Displaced native Old English firwitt.
- derived from cūriōsitātem
- derived from curiouseté
- inherited from curiosite
Definitions
Inquisitiveness
Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
- 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.”
A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.
- 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 […].
Careful, delicate construction
Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.
- 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 […]
The neighborhood
- neighborcurious
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at curiosity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at curiosity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at curiosity
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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