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  1. 1. n. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a state in which you want to learn more about something Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. something unusualperhaps worthy of collecting Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. [Obs.] Bacon. 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. Milton. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. n:100 n. a state in which you want to learn more about something Source: ecdict

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