Definition of curious

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Curious (a.) Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.

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Curious :: Curious (a.) Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.
Peer :: Peer (v. i.) To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day..
Curious :: Curious (a.) Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
Curiously :: Curiously (adv.) In a curious manner.
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.
Pry :: Pry (n.) Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.
Curious :: Curious (a.) Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of.
Stand-by :: Standard-wing (n.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.
Incuriousness :: Incuriousness (n.) Unconcernedness; incuriosity.
Caladium :: Caladium (n.) A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food..
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..
Curiosity :: Curiosity (n.) The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.
Exquisitive :: Exquisitive (a.) Eager to discover or learn; curious.
Fanciful :: Fanciful (a.) Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress..
Cunning :: Cunning (a.) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work..
Ingenious :: Ingenious (a.) Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc..
Mask Shell :: Mask shell () Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture..
Medalist :: Medalist (n.) A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of medals.
Inquisitive :: Inquisitive (n.) A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research.
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..
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