be curious to learn

be curious to learn
be curious to learn
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  • curious — 1 Curious, inquisitive, prying, snoopy, nosy are comparable when meaning interested in finding out or in a search for facts that are not one s personal concern. Curious need not imply objectionable qualities such as intrusiveness or impertinence …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Curious George Learns the Alphabet — Curious George Flies a Kite   Author(s) H. A. Rey Margret Rey …   Wikipedia

  • Curious — Cu ri*ous (k? r? ?s), a. [OF. curios, curius, F. curieux, L. curiosus careful, inquisitive, fr. cura care. See {Cure}.] 1. Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Little… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Curious arts — Curious Cu ri*ous (k? r? ?s), a. [OF. curios, curius, F. curieux, L. curiosus careful, inquisitive, fr. cura care. See {Cure}.] 1. Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • curious — [kyoor′ē əs] adj. sometimes compar.curiouser: often in allusion to Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland [ME < OFr curios < L curiosus, careful, diligent, curious; akin to cura, care: see CURE] 1. eager to learn or know 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • curious, inquisitive — Curious suggests a desire to know, especially to learn about matters that are not really one s concern or business: This resident is curious about the activities of his neighbors. Inquisitive implies the asking of questions, the act of prying, in …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • curious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) eager to know or learn something. 2) strange; unusual. DERIVATIVES curiously adverb. ORIGIN Latin curiosus careful , from cura care …   English terms dictionary

  • curious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French curios, from Latin curiosus careful, inquisitive, from cura cure Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic made carefully b. obsolete …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • curious — curiously, adv. curiousness, n. /kyoor ee euhs/, adj. 1. eager to learn or know; inquisitive. 2. prying; meddlesome. 3. arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange: a curious …   Universalium

  • curious — adjective 1》 eager to know or learn something. 2》 strange; unusual.     ↘euphemistic erotic or pornographic. Derivatives curiously adverb curiousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. curios, from L. curiosus careful , from cura care …   English new terms dictionary

  • curious — cu•ri•ous [[t]ˈkyʊər i əs[/t]] adj. 1) eager to learn or know 2) taking an undue interest in others affairs; prying 3) arousing attention or interest through being unusual or hard to explain; odd; strange; novel 4) archaic a) made or done… …   From formal English to slang

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