Signification (Anglais)
- Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
- Caused by curiosity.
- Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of bi-curious.
- (in-compounds) Interested in entering a romantic or sexual relationship with a specified group.
- (obsolete) Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
- (obsolete) Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.
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Opposé de
incurious, noncurious, uncurious
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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
From Middle English curious, from Old French curius, from Latin cūriōsus. The English word is cognate with Italian curioso, Occitan curios, Portuguese curioso, and Spanish curioso.
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