(adj) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected, Syn. funny, odd, peculiar, singular, rum, queer, rummy, Example:a curious hybrid accent; her speech has a funny twang; they have some funny ideas about war; had an odd name; the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves; something definitely queer about this town; what a rum fellow; singular behavior

curious

(adj) eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns), Ant. incurious, Example:a curious child is a teacher's delight; a trap door that made me curious; curious investigators; traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers; curious about the neighbor's doings

curious

(adj) having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more, Example:a trap door that made me curious

curiously

(adv) in a manner differing from the usual or expected, Syn. peculiarly, oddly, Example:had a curiously husky voice; he's behaving rather peculiarly

curiously

(adv) with curiosity, Syn. interrogatively, inquisitively, Example:the baby looked around curiously

curiousness

(n) a state of active curiosity, Syn. inquisitiveness

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Curious

a. [ OF. curios, curius, F. curieux, L. curiosus careful, inquisitive, fr. cura care. See Cure. ] 1. Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Little curious in her clothes. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

How shall we,
If he be curious, work upon his faith? Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

To devise curious works. Ex. xxxv. 32 [ 1913 Webster ]

His body couched in a curious bed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a pity a gentleman so very curious after things that were elegant and beautiful should not have been as curious as to their origin, their uses, and their natural history. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare. “Acurious tale” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A multitude of curious analogies. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore. E. A. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curious arts, magic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Many . . . which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them. Acts xix. 19.

Syn. -- Inquisitive; prying. See Inquisitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curiously

adv. In a curious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curiousness

n. 1. Carefulness; painstaking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My father's care
With curiousness and cost did train me up. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

有好奇心

[有好奇心, yǒu hào qí xīn] curious

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

変(P);變(oK)

[へん, hen] (adj-na, n) (1) strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; (2) unexpected; (3) change; (4) incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; (n-pref) (5) (See 変ロ短調) flat (music); (P) #3335

奇妙

[きみょう, kimyou] (adj-na, n) strange; queer; curious; (P) #5984

珍

[ちん, chin] (adj-na, n) rare; curious; strange; (P) #6284

珍しい(P);珍らしい(io)

[めずらしい, mezurashii] (adj-i) (1) unusual; rare; curious; (2) new; novel; (3) fine (e.g. gift); (P) #7321

ひょんな

[hyonna] (adj-pn) (See 思いがけない) strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious

異聞奇譚

[いぶんきたん, ibunkitan] (n) strange stories and curious tales

奇体

[きたい, kitai] (adj-na, n) strange; queer; curious

奇妙な話だが

[きみょうなはなしだが, kimyounahanashidaga] (exp) curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell

興味津々;興味津津;興味しんしん

[きょうみしんしん, kyoumishinshin] (adj-no, adj-t, adv-to) very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

好事

[こうじ;こうず, kouji ; kouzu] (n) fortune; good deed; curious

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Schaulustige { m, f }; Schaulustiger | Schaulustige; Schaulustigen { pl }

curious onlooker; by-stander | curious onlookers; rubbernecks [ Am. ]

neugierig; schaulustig { adj } | neugieriger | am neugierigsten

curious | more curious | most curious

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