curiosity
noun
[ kjʊərɪˈɒsɪti ]
• a strong desire to know or learn something.
• "filled with curiosity, she peered through the window"
Similar:
inquisitiveness,
interest,
spirit of inquiry,
nosiness,
• an unusual or interesting object or fact.
• "he showed them some of the curiosities of the house"
Similar:
peculiarity,
oddity,
strangeness,
oddness,
idiosyncrasy,
unusualness,
novelty,
curio,
conversation piece,
object of virtu,
collector's item,
rarity,
wonder,
marvel,
phenomenon,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French curiousete, from Latin curiositas, from curiosus (see curious).
