curiousness

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UK/ˈkjʊəɹi.əsnəs/

noun

Curiosity; inquisitiveness.

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curiosityinquisitivenessforeignnessstrangeness
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Meanings

nouncuriousness (usually uncountable, plural curiousnesses)

plural curiousnesses

  1. uncountableusuallyCuriosity; inquisitiveness.
  2. dateduncountableusuallyThe state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
  3. obsoleteuncountableusuallyCare; carefulness; pains.

    [M]y father's care / With curiousness and cost, did train me up / In all those liberal qualities that commend / A gentleman: […]

    1624 November 3 (first performance), Philip Massinger, “The Parliament of Love”, in W[illiam] Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, […], volume II, London: […] G[eorge] and W[illiam] Nicol; […] by W[illiam] Bulmer and Co. […], published 1805, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 309
  4. countableusuallyThe product or result of being curious.

Synonyms & antonyms

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curiosity

nouna state of active curiosity

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inquisitiveness
Broader
curiositywonder

nounthe quality of being alien or not native

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foreignnessstrangeness
Broader
quality
Also see
foreignnessinquisitivenessstrangeness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From curious + -ness.

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APA

curiousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiousness

MLA

“curiousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curiousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiousness.

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