Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Designating a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture.
Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol.
of Curiosity
1. A strong desire to see something novel, or to discover something unknown, either by research or inquiry; a desire to gratify the senses with a sight of what is new or unusual, or to gratify the mind with new discoveries; inquisitiveness. A mans curiosity leads him to view the ruins of Balbec, to investigate the origin of Homer, to discover the component parts of a mineral, or the motives of anothers actions.
2. Nicety; delicacy.
3. Accuracy; exactness; nice performance; curiousness; as the curiosity of workmanship.
4. A nice experiment; a thing unusual or worthy of curiosity
5. There hath been practiced a curiosity to set a tree on the north side of a walk and at a little height, to draw it through the wall, etc.
6. An object of curiosity; that which excites a desire of seeing, or deserves to be seen, as novel and extraordinary.
7. We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town.
8. [The first and last senses are chiefly used.]
1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.
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.
1. Strongly desirous to see what is novel, or to discover what is unknown; solicitous to see or to know; inquisitive.
2. Be not curious in unnecessary matters, nor to pry into the concerns of your neighbors.
3. Habitually inquisitive; addicted to research or enquiry; as a man of a curious turn of mind; sometimes followed by after, and sometimes by of.
4. CURIOUS after things elegant and beautiful; curious of antiquities.
5. Accurate; careful not to mistake; solicitous to be correct.
6. Men were not curious what syllables or particles they used.
7. Careful; nice; solicitous in selection; difficult to please.
8. A temperate man is not curious of delicacies.
9. Nice; exact; subtile; made with care.
10. Both these senses embrace their objects--with a more curious discrimination.
11. Artful; nicely diligent.
12. Each ornament about her seemly lies, by curious chance, or careless art, composed.
13. Wrought with care and art; elegant; neat; finished; as a curious girdle; curious work Exodus 28:8 and 30.
14. Requiring care and nicety; as curious arts. Acts 19:19 .
15. Rigid; severe; particular. [Little used.]
16. Rare; singular; a a curious fact.
1. Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.
3. Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of.
4. Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.
1. With nice inspection; inquisitively; attentively.
2. I saw nothing at first, but observing it more curiously the spots appeared.
3. With nice care and art; exactly; neatly; elegantly. Psalms 139:15 .
4. In a singular manner; unusually.
In a curious manner.
1. Fitness to excite curiosity; exactness of workmanship.
2. Singularity of contrivance.
3. Curiosity.
1. Carefulness; painstaking.
2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity.
No thesaurus entries found for "Curio".
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15 KJV and 0 BSB verses contain “Curio”
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,
And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
For it was not my mind to be curious of the high things, but of such as pass by us daily, namely, wherefore Israel is given up as a reproach to the heathen, and for what cause the people whom thou hast loved is given over unto ungodly nations, and why the law of our forefathers is brought to nought, and the written covenants come to none effect,
And therefore be thou not curious how the ungodly shall be punished, and when: but enquire how the righteous shall be saved, whose the world is, and for whom the world is created.
Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shewed unto thee than men understand.
To stand upon every point, and go over things at large, and to be curious in particulars, belongeth to the first author of the story: