curiosity

n. அறிய ஆர்வமுள்ள இயல்பு, பிறர் காரியங்களில் தலையிடுகிற குணம், புதுமையான அல்லது அவாவைத் தூண்டுகிற பொருள், அரும்பொருள், வழக்கத்திற்கு மாறான பொருள்.

Synonyms

inquisitiveness interest wonder marvel interrogativeness rarity phenomenon celebrity oddity lion

Antonyms

indifference heedlessness disregard abstraction absence weed drug dirt cipher bagatelle song

Cu`ri*os"i*ty (k`r-s"-t), n.; pl. Curiosities (-t. Etym: [OE. curiouste, curiosite, OF. curioseté, curiosité, F. curiosit, fr. L. curiositas, fr. curiosus. See Currious, and cf. Curio.] 1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. [Obs.] Bacon. When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity. Shak. A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with great curiosity. Evelin. 2. Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness. Milton. 3. That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention. We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town. Addison. There hath been practiced also a curiosity, to set a tree upon the north side of a wall, and, at a little hieght, to draw it through the wall, etc. Bacon.

curiosity - Similar Words

incuriosity crinosity cariosity rimosity curios viciosity umbrosity ebriosity dubiosity curiously