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   cu·ri·ous

   /ˈkyo͝orēəs/

   adjective

   • 1. eager to know or learn something: "I began to be curious about the whereabouts of the bride and groom"
   • ▪ expressing curiosity: "a curious stare" Similar inquisitiveintriguedinterestedeager to knowdying to knowburning with curiosityagogquizzicalinquiringsearchingprobingqueryingquestioninginterrogativeperplexedpuzzledbaffledmystifiedinformal:nosynosy-parkersnoopynebbyOpposite uninterested
   • 2. strange; unusual: "a curious sensation overwhelmed her" Similar strangeoddpeculiarfunnyunusualbizarreweirdeccentricqueerunexpectedunfamiliarabnormalout of the ordinaryatypicalanomalousuntypicaldifferentout of the waysurprisingincongruousextraordinaryremarkablepuzzlingmystifyingmysteriousperplexingbafflingunaccountableinexplicableirregularsingularoffbeatunconventionalunorthodoxoutlandishoff-centeraberrantfreakfreakishdeviantuncannyeerieunnaturalout of the commonoutréuncoinformal:off the wallwackyrumwackoOpposite ordinary

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French curios, from Latin curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’. curious (sense 2) dates from the early 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. curiousness noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCURIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   CURIOUS definition: 1. interested in learning about people or things around you: 2. strange and unusual: 3….

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   The meaning of CURIOUS is marked by desire to investigate and learn. How to use curious in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Curious.

4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › curiousCurious - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Curious describes someone who is eager to find out answers and to explore and learn. A curious student asks lots of questions. A curious little monkey, like the famous Curious George from the children’s book series, may be so curious to know how a clock works that he breaks it trying to get a closer look inside.

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › curiousCURIOUS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Curious definition: eager to learn or know; inquisitive.. See examples of CURIOUS used in a sentence.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCURIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you are curious about something, you are interested in it and want to know more about it. Children are naturally curious. ...a group of curious villagers. The woman in the shop had looked at them curiously. 'Is that how you got that scar on your face?' Bess asked curiously.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCURIOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   CURIOUS meaning: 1. interested in learning about people or things around you: 2. strange and unusual: 3…. Learn more.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › curiousCurious - definition of curious by The Free Dictionary

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   1. eager to learn or know. 2. taking an undue interest in others' affairs; prying. 3. arousing attention or interest through being unusual or hard to explain; odd; strange; novel. 4. Archaic. a. made or done skillfully or painstakingly. b. careful; fastidious. c. marked by intricacy or subtlety. cu′ri•ous•ness, n.