01 n. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.
pl.
Curiosities ((-tĭz))
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The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.[Obs.]“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.
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Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.
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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.