Associations to the word «Curiosity»

Wiktionary

CURIOSITY, noun. (obsolete) Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building. [16th-19th c.]
CURIOSITY, noun. (uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. [from 17th c.]
CURIOSITY, noun. A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. [from 17th c.]

Dictionary definition

CURIOSITY, noun. A state in which you want to learn more about something.
CURIOSITY, noun. Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats