[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

curiosity \cu`rios"ity\ k=u`ri^o^s"i^ty^, n.;
   pl. curiosities -ti^z. oe. curiouste, curiosite, of.
   curioset'e, curiosit'e, f. curiosit'e, fr. l.
   curiositas, fr. curiosus. see curious, and cf. curio.
   1. the state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy;
      exactness; elaboration. obs. --bacon.
      1913 webster

            when thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they
            mocked thee for too much curiosity.   --shak.
      1913 webster

            a screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with
            great curiosity.                      --evelin.
      1913 webster

   2. disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after
      knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new
      information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.
      --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. that which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward
      attention.
      1913 webster

            we took a ramble together to see the curiosities of
            this great town.                      --addison.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster
see also:
curiosities curious curio 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

curiosity
     n 1: a state in which you want to learn more about something
          syn: wonder
     2: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting syn: curio,
         oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
see also:
wonder curio oddity oddment peculiarity rarity 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

81 moby thesaurus words for "curiosity":
   abnormality, amazement, anomaly, ardor, astonishing thing,
   astonishment, bauble, bric-a-brac, cathexis, concern, concernment,
   concupiscence, conversation piece, curio, desideration, desire,
   drive, eagerness, enthusiasm, exception, fancy, fantasy, freak,
   gazingstock, gewgaw, hope, horme, improbability, inquisitiveness,
   intellectual curiosity, interest, interestedness, interference,
   intrusiveness, libido, lust for learning, marvel, marvelment,
   matter of interest, meddlesomeness, mind, miracle, monstrosity,
   museum piece, need, nonesuch, nosiness, objet d'art, oddity,
   passion, phenomenon, pleasure, pleasure principle, prodigiosity,
   prodigy, prying, questioning, quite a thing, rarity, regard,
   sensation, sexual desire, sight, snooping, something else,
   special interest, spectacle, strange thing, stunner,
   thirst for knowledge, trinket, urge, want, wanting, will,
   will and pleasure, wish, wish fulfillment, wonder, wonderful thing,
   wonderment

[4] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

curiosity, n.  an objectionable quality of the female mind.  the
desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one
of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.

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