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curiosity
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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌkjʊəriˈɒsɪti/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌkjʊriˈɑsɪti/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kyŏŏr′ē os′i tē)
Inflections of 'curiosity' (n): npl: curiosities
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026cu•ri•os•i•ty /ˌkyʊriˈɑsɪti/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ties.
- the desire to learn or know about anything;
inquisitiveness:[uncountable]Just out of curiosity, what are you doing tomorrow night?
- a curious or rare thing:[countable]several old curiosities in the museum shop.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026cu•ri•os•i•ty
(kyŏŏr′ē os′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties.
- the desire to learn or know about anything;
inquisitiveness.
- a curious, rare, or novel thing.
- a strange, curious, or interesting quality.
- [Archaic.]carefulness;
fastidiousness.
- Latin cūriōsitās. See curious, -ity
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English curiosite (1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
curiosity /ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- an eager desire to know; inquisitiveness
- the quality of being curious; strangeness
- something strange or fascinating
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