Curiousness

2 definitions found

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

  Curiousness \Cu"ri*ous*ness\, n.
     1. Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs.]
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              My father's care
              With curiousness and cost did train me up. --


                                                    Massinger.
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     2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship;
        ingenuity of contrivance.
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     3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curiousness
       n 1: a state of active curiosity [syn: {inquisitiveness}]
       2: the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness
          of a foreigner" [syn: {foreignness}, {strangeness}] [ant:
          {nativeness}]