curious

cu-ri-ous · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Eager to know or learn something.

  2. 2.

    Strange or unusual.

  3. 3.

    (archaic) Made with care; elaborate.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    curious about — wanting to know about something
  • •
    I'm curious — I would like to know
  • •
    curiouser and curiouser — increasingly strange (from Alice in Wonderland)

Related words

Antonyms: indifferent, uninterested
See also: curiosity, inquisitive, strange
Synonyms: inquisitive, interested, peculiar, strange

Etymology

From Latin "curiosus" (careful, inquisitive), from "cura" (care).