curiosus

Meaning

Adj

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) Careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted.
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) Elaborate, complicated.
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) That injures himself by care; careworn, emaciated, wasted, lean.
4. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) Curious, inquisitive.
5. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) Meddlesome, officious, prying, interfering, curious, inquisitive.

Noun

One who pries; a spy or scout; secret police, informer.

Concepts

careful

curious

attentive

diligent

inquisitive

Synonyms

cautus

diligens

industrius

studiosus

navus

Translations

فُضُولِيّ

curiós

diligent

cautelós

curiosa

ausdauernd

beharrlich

behutsam

eifrig

emsig

genau

neugierig

vorsichtig

fleißig

مجتهد

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kuː.riˈoː.sʊs]

Etymology

Back-formation from incūriōsus (“careless, negligent”) by deletion of the negative prefix in- (“un-”) in order to remain with the opposite meaning.