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The definition of curious is eager to know or learn.

(adjective)

An example of curious is a child snooping through the attic to find out what his parents bought him for his birthday.

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See curious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective curiouser

eager to learn or know
unnecessarily inquisitive; prying
arousing attention or interest because unusual or strange; odd
Rare highly detailed, as in workmanship; elaborate
Obsolete fastidious

Origin: ME < OFr curios < L curiosus, careful, diligent, curious; akin to cura, care: see cure

Related Forms:

curiously adverb
curiousness noun

See curious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cu·ri·ous

adjective

Eager to learn more: curious investigators; a trapdoor that made me curious.
Unduly inquisitive; prying.
Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness: a curious fact.
Archaic
a. Accomplished with skill or ingenuity.
b. Extremely careful; scrupulous.

Origin: Middle English, from Old French curios, from Latin cūriōsus, careful, inquisitive, from cūra, care; see cure .

Related Forms:

curiously cuˈri·ous·ly adverb

curiousness cuˈri·ous·ness noun

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