Definition of curious

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Curious (a.) 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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Incurious :: Incurious (a.) Not curious or inquisitive; without care for or interest in; inattentive; careless; negligent; heedless.
Guib :: Guib (n.) A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba..
Questionless :: Questionless (a.) Unquestioning; incurious.
Curious :: Curious (a.) Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.
Cunning :: Cunning (a.) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work..
Quaint :: Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression..
Investigative :: Investigative (a.) Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
Labellum :: Labellum (n.) The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape..
Stickler :: Stickleback (v. t.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback..
Tuckahoe :: Tuckahoe (n.) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf..
Curious :: Curious (a.) Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
Exquisitive :: Exquisitive (a.) Eager to discover or learn; curious.
Curiosity :: Curiosity (n.) The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.
Langaha :: Langaha (n.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade..
Monkflower :: Monkflower (n.) A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to be sexually different forms of the same genus (Catasetum tridentatum, etc.)..
Waybung :: Waybung (n.) An Australian insessorial bird (Corcorax melanorhamphus) noted for the curious actions of the male during the breeding season. It is black with a white patch on each wing.
Speculative :: Speculative (a.) Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious..
Oddly :: Oddly (adv.) In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously.
Stand-by :: Standard-wing (n.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.
Inquiring :: Inquiring (a.) Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring mind..
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