curiosity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A strong desire to know or learn about something.

   Her curiosity led her to read everything she could find on the subject.

2. 2
   noun

   An unusual or interesting object that attracts attention.

   The old shop was full of curiosities from around the world.

From Middle English curiosite, variant of curiouste, from Anglo-Norman curiouseté, from Latin cūriōsitātem, accusative of cūriōsitās. By surface analysis, curious + -ity. Displaced native Old English firwitt.

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