Definition of Curiousness

1. Noun. A state of active curiosity.

Exact synonyms: Inquisitiveness
Generic synonyms: Curiosity, Wonder
Specialized synonyms: Nosiness, Prying, Snoopiness
Derivative terms: Curious, Curious, Curious, Inquisitive

2. Noun. The quality of being alien or not native. "The strangeness of a foreigner"
Exact synonyms: Foreignness, Strangeness
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Exoticism, Exoticness, Exotism, Alienage, Alienism
Attributes: Foreign, Strange
Derivative terms: Curious, Foreign
Antonyms: Nativeness

Definition of Curiousness

1. n. Carefulness; painstaking.

Definition of Curiousness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being curious. ¹

2. Noun. The result or product of being curious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curiousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curiousness

curing
curing light
curio
curiologic
curios
curiosities
curiosity
curiosity killed the cat
curious
curiouser
curiousest
curiousity
curiously
curiously enough
curiousness (current term)
curiousnesses
curite
curites
curium
curium bromide
curiums
curl
curl-up
curl somebody's hair
curl someone's hair
curl up
curled
curled pondweed
curled up

Literary usage of Curiousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spending of the Money of Robert Nowell of Reade Hall, Lancashire by Alexander Balloch Grosart, Alexander Nowell (1877)
"It is to be feared that his has long passed out < fragrant. at his ' ' curiousness of preaching,' as shown in his extant sermons, . of living remembrance ..."

2. The Plays of Philip Massinger: In Four Volumes by Philip Massinger (1813)
"... and with what outstretch'd arms She must embrace it. Beauf jun. This is curiousness Beyond example.1 From me : in what's mine own I'll use ..."

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