n.
1. Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs.]
My father's careMassinger.
With curiousness and cost did train me up.
2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity.
| Dictionary: Cu·ri·ous·ness |
1. Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs.]
My father's careMassinger.
With curiousness and cost did train me up.
2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity.
| Thesaurus: curiousness |
noun
| WordNet: curiousness |
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a state of active curiosity
Synonym: inquisitiveness
Meaning #2:
the quality of being alien or not native
Synonyms: foreignness, strangeness
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