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Noun: curiosity  ,kyûr-ee'ó-si-tee
  1. A state in which you want to learn more about something
    "His curiosity about space travel led him to become an astronaut";
    - wonder
     
  2. Something unusualperhaps worthy of collecting
    "The antique shop was filled with fascinating curiosities";
    - curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity

Derived forms: curiosities

Type of: article, cognitive state, object, physical object, state of mind

Encyclopedia: Curiosity, Adventure & Love