Curiosity

Definition of Curiosity

Cu`ri`os´i`ty   Pronunciation: kū`rĭ`ǒs´ĭ`tŷ
n.1.The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.
When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity.
- Shak.
A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with great curiosity.
- Evelin.
2.Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.
3.That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention.
We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town.
- Addison.
There hath been practiced also a curiosity, to set a tree upon the north side of a wall, and, at a little hieght, to draw it through the wall, etc.
- Bacon.

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