Definizione monolingua

curious

curious (comparative curiouser or more curious, superlative curiousest or most curious)

1. (obsolete) Fastidious, particular; demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
   • 1612, John Smith, Proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia, in Kupperman 1988, p. 172:

     But departing thence, when we found no houses, we were not curious in any weather, to lie 3 or 4 nights together upon any shore under the trees by a good fire.

2. Inquisitive; tending to ask questions, investigate, or explore.

   Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.

3. Prompted by curiosity.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:

     But he to shift their curious request, / Gan causen, why she could not come in place [...].

4. unusual; odd; out of the ordinary; bizarre

   The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.

Definizione dizionario curious

	curioso
	Wanting to discover a secret.
	Out of the ordinary.

	curiosò
	inquisitive
	unusual

	strano
	unusual

bizzaro

comico

curiosa

curiosi

divertente

indiscreto

interessante

memorabile

singolare

straordinario

Altri significati:

unusual; odd; out of the ordinary; bizarre

Having the desire to see new, interesting, rare things, and the like.

Prompted by curiosity.

(obsolete) Fastidious, particular; demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.

eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)

Inquisitive; tending to ask questions, investigate, or explore.