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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Curiousness \Cu"ri*ous*ness\, noun 1. Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs.] My father's care With curiousness and cost did train me up. -- Massinger. 2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance. 3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: a state of active curiosity [syn: {inquisitiveness}] 2: the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner" [syn: {foreignness}, {strangeness}] [ant: {nativeness}] |
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