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curiousness

 
Dictionary: Cu·ri·ous·ness

n.

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.


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noun

  1. Mental acquisitiveness: curiosity, inquisitiveness, interest. Idioms: thirst for knowledge. See investigate.
  2. Undue interest in the affairs of others: curiosity, inquisitiveness. Informal nosiness, snoopiness. See investigate.

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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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