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Webster 1913 Edition


Curiousness

Cu′ri-ous-ness

,
Noun.
1.
Carefulness; painstaking.
[Obs.]
My father’s care
With
curiousness
and cost did train me up.
Massinger.
2.
The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
3.
Inquisitiveness; curiosity.

Webster 1828 Edition


Curiousness

CURIOUSNESS

,
Noun.
1.
Fitness to excite curiosity; exactness of workmanship.
2.
Singularity of contrivance.
3.
Curiosity.

Definition 2024


curiousness

curiousness

English

Noun

curiousness (usually uncountable, plural curiousnesses)

  1. inquisitiveness; curiosity
  2. (obsolete) care; carefulness; pains
    • Massinger
      My father's care / With curiousness and cost did train me up.
  3. (dated) The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
  4. (countable) The result or product of being curious.

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