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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Curious \Cu"ri*ous\ (k?"r?-?s), 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.]
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              Little curious in her clothes.        --Fuller.
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              How shall we,
              If he be curious, work upon his faith? --Beau. & Fl.
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     2. Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed;
        elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
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              To devise curious works.              --Ex. xxxv. 32
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              His body couched in a curious bed.    --Shak.
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     3. Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to
        research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; --
        sometimes with after or of.
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              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.
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     4. Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise;
        inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or
        plain; strange; rare. ``Acurious tale'' --Shak.
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              A multitude of curious analogies.     --Macaulay.
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              Many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.
                                                    --E. A. Poe.
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              Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of
              learning or sciense often bring to light curious
              results.                              --C. J. Smith.
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     Curious arts, magic. [Obs.]
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              Many . . . which used curious arts brought their
              books together, and burned them.      --Acts xix.
                                                    19.
  
     Syn: Inquisitive; prying. See Inquisitive.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Curious \Cu"ri*ous\ (k?"r?-?s), 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.]
  
              Little curious in her clothes.        --Fuller.
  
              How shall we, If he be curious, work upon his faith?
                                                    --Beau. & Fl.
  
     2. Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed;
        elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
  
              To devise curious works.              --Ex. xxxv. 32
  
              His body couched in a curious bed.    --Shak.
  
     3. Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to
        research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; --
        sometimes with after or of.
  
              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.
  
     4. Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise;
        inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or
        plain; strange; rare. ``Acurious tale'' --Shak.
  
              A multitude of curious analogies.     --Macaulay.
  
              Many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.
                                                    --E. A. Poe.
  
              Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of
              learning or sciense often bring to light curious
              results.                              --C. J. Smith.
  
     Curious arts, magic. [Obs.]
  
              Many . . . which used curious arts brought their
              books together, and burned them.      --Acts xix.
                                                    19.
  
     Syn: Inquisitive; prying. See Inquisitive.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  curious
       adj 1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "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" [syn: funny, odd, peculiar,
               queer, rum, rummy, singular]
       2: eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes
          about others' concerns); "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"
          [ant: incurious]
       3: having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning
          more; "a trap door that made me curious"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  curious
     Αγγλικά a.
     περίεργος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  curious
     a.
     1 tend#Verb to ask#Verb question#Noun, or to want#Verb to explore or
  investigate; inquisitive; (lb en with a negative connotation) nosy,
  prying#Adjective.
     2 cause#Verb by curiosity.
     3 lead#Verb one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the
  ordinary, or unusual.
     4 (lb en LGBT) (clipping of en bi-curious)
     5 (lb en obsolete) careful, fastidious, particular; (lb en
  specifically) demand#Verb a high#Adjective standard#Noun of excellence,
  difficult to satisfy.
     6 (lb en obsolete) carefully or artfully construct#Verb; make#Verb
  with great elegance or skill#Noun.
     a.
     (lb en chemistry rare) Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.
  Category:en:Radioactivity

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  curious
     a.
     1 tend#Verb to ask#Verb question#Noun, or to want#Verb to explore or
  investigate; inquisitive; (lb en with a negative connotation) nosy,
  prying#Adjective.
     2 cause#Verb by curiosity.
     3 lead#Verb one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the
  ordinary, or unusual.
     4 (lb en LGBT) (clipping of en bi-curious)
     5 (lb en obsolete) careful, fastidious, particular; (lb en
  specifically) demand#Verb a high#Adjective standard#Noun of excellence,
  difficult to satisfy.
     6 (lb en obsolete) carefully or artfully construct#Verb; make#Verb
  with great elegance or skill#Noun.
     a.
     (lb en chemistry rare) Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.
  Category:en:Radioactivity

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  curious
     a.
     1 tend#Verb to ask#Verb question#Noun, or to want#Verb to explore or
  investigate; inquisitive; (lb en with a negative connotation) nosy,
  prying#Adjective.
     2 cause#Verb by curiosity.
     3 lead#Verb one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the
  ordinary, or unusual.
     4 (lb en LGBT) (clipping of en bi-curious)
     5 (lb en obsolete) careful, fastidious, particular; (lb en
  specifically) demand#Verb a high#Adjective standard#Noun of excellence,
  difficult to satisfy.
     6 (lb en obsolete) carefully or artfully construct#Verb; make#Verb
  with great elegance or skill#Noun.
     a.
     (lb en chemistry rare) Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.
  Category:en:Radioactivity

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  curious
     a.
     1 tend#Verb to ask#Verb question#Noun, or to want#Verb to explore or
  investigate; inquisitive; (lb en with a negative connotation) nosy,
  prying#Adjective.
     2 cause#Verb by curiosity.
     3 lead#Verb one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the
  ordinary, or unusual.
     4 (lb en LGBT) (clipping of en bi-curious)
     5 (lb en obsolete) careful, fastidious, particular; (lb en
  specifically) demand#Verb a high#Adjective standard#Noun of excellence,
  difficult to satisfy.
     6 (lb en obsolete) carefully or artfully construct#Verb; make#Verb
  with great elegance or skill#Noun.
     a.
     (lb en chemistry rare) Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.
  Category:en:Radioactivity

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  curious
     Englanti a.
     1 utelias
     2 erikoinen, kummallinen, outo

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  curious
     Engelska a.
     1 intresserad, nyfiken, vetgirig
     2 kuriös, egendomlig, underlig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  curious /kjˈʊəɹiəs/
  nuuskierig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Curious /kjˈʊəɹiəs/
  فضولي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  curious //-i.jɪs// //-i.ɪs// //ˈkjɔː-// //ˈkjɚ.i.əs// //ˈkjʊ.ɹi.əs// //ˈkjʊ.ɹəs// //ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs// 
  1. курио́зен, стра́нен
  leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual
  2. любозна́телен, любопи́тен
  tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate