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English
Etymology
From curious + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
curiousness (usually uncountable, plural curiousnesses)
- (uncountable)
- Curiosity; inquisitiveness.
- (dated) The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
- (obsolete) Care; carefulness; pains.
1624 November 3 (first performance), Philip Massinger, “The Parliament of Love”, in W[illiam] Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, , volume II, London: G and W Nicol; by W Bulmer and Co. , published 1805, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 309:[M]y father's care / With curiousness and cost, did train me up / In all those liberal qualities that commend / A gentleman: […]
- (countable) The product or result of being curious.
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