OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 6887

curiosity

/ˌkjʊəɹiˈɒsəti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
curiosidad
Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
"Certainly there is nothing wrong with Alvin's intelligence, but many of the things that should concern him seem to be a matter of complete indifference. On the other hand, he show…
It was the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his friend's quarters; and he eyed the dingy windowless structure with curiosity, and gazed round with a dis…
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