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-AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (I) Formation of Ideas
Section II. Precursory Conditions and Operations
455. [Desire of Knowledge.] Curiosity.
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NOUN: | CURIOSITY, curiousness; interest, thirst for knowledge, mental acquisitiveness; newsmongery, inquiring mind; inquisitiveness. QUESTIONER, enfant terrible [F.], walking interrogation point [humorous], quid-nunc. BUSYBODY, newsmonger; Peeping Tom, Paul Pry, eavesdropper; gossip (news) [See News]. SIGHT-SEER, rubberneck [slang, U. S.],
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VERB: | BE CURIOUS &c. adj.; take an interest in, stare, gape; prick up the ears, see sights, lionize; rubber or rubber-neck [slang, U. S.]. PRY, nose, search, ferret out, poke one’s nose into.
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ADJECTIVE: | CURIOUS, inquisitive, burning with curiosity, overcurious, nosey [colloq.]; inquiring [See Inquiry]; prying; inquisitorial; agape (expectant) [See Expectation].
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QUOTATIONS: | - What’s the matter? what next?
- Little pitchers have big ears.
- Curiosity is mere vanity. Most people want to know only in order to talk.—Pascal
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