of Curio
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
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.
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