adj. 1. Eager to learn more: curious investigators; a trapdoor that made me curious. 2. Unduly inquisitive; prying: a curious neighbor always looking over the fence. 3. Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness: a curious fact. 4. Archaic a. Accomplished with skill or ingenuity. b. Extremely careful; scrupulous or fastidious. [Middle English, from Old French curios, from Latin cūriōsus, careful, inquisitive, from cūra, care; see CURE.] curi·ous·ly adv. curi·ous·ness n. |
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