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11curious — [kyoor′ē əs] adj. sometimes compar.curiouser: often in allusion to Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland [ME < OFr curios < L curiosus, careful, diligent, curious; akin to cura, care: see CURE] 1. eager to learn or know 2.… …
12curious, inquisitive — Curious suggests a desire to know, especially to learn about matters that are not really one s concern or business: This resident is curious about the activities of his neighbors. Inquisitive implies the asking of questions, the act of prying, in …
13curious — (adj.) mid 14c., eager to know (often in a bad sense), from O.Fr. curios solicitous, anxious, inquisitive; odd, strange (Mod.Fr. curieux) and directly from L. curiosus careful, diligent; inquiring eagerly, meddlesome, akin to cura care (see CURE… …
14curious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) eager to know or learn something. 2) strange; unusual. DERIVATIVES curiously adverb. ORIGIN Latin curiosus careful , from cura care …
15curious — adjective 1 wanting to know about something: When I mentioned her name everyone was very curious. (+ about): I m curious about this book she s supposed to be writing. | curious to see/hear/know etc: Mandy was curious to hear what Peter had to say …
16curious — curiously, adv. curiousness, n. /kyoor ee euhs/, adj. 1. eager to learn or know; inquisitive. 2. prying; meddlesome. 3. arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange: a curious …
17curious — [[t]kjʊ͟əriəs[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ about n If you are curious about something, you are interested in it and want to know more about it. Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from... Children are naturally… …
18curious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French curios, from Latin curiosus careful, inquisitive, from cura cure Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic made carefully b. obsolete …
19curious — cu·ri·ous || kjÊŠÉ™rɪəs adj. inquisitive, desiring to know and understand anything; odd, strange; rare …
20curious — adjective 1》 eager to know or learn something. 2》 strange; unusual. ↘euphemistic erotic or pornographic. Derivatives curiously adverb curiousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. curios, from L. curiosus careful , from cura care …
