Definitions
something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“They learn that reading, besides being something one does at school, is also something one can do on one's own, for fun, to satisfy curiosity, or even to "expand one's horizons.””
“He put the strangely shaped rock in his curiosity cabinet.”
“[The room] was adorned with a great number of nicknacks and curiosities, which might have engaged the attention of a virtuoso.”
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