Definitions for curiosa

curiosa cu·ri·o·sa

Spelling: [kyoo r-ee-oh-suh]
IPA: /ˌkyʊər iˈoʊ sə/

Curiosa is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 212 anagrams from letters in curiosa (aciorsu).

Definitions for curiosa

plural noun

  1. books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
  2. (in selling and collecting books) books, pamphlets, etc., containing pornographic literature or art; erotica.

Origin of curiosa

1880-85; New Latin: unusual things, special use of neuter plural of Latin cūriōsus careful, inquisitive. See curious

Examples for curiosa

It is the curiosa felicitas which Petronius ascribes to Horace in his Odes.

"A recipe from the curiosa section of my medical book," he said.

A library of trivia, museum of curiosa, sideshow of freaks, and shrine of greatness.

Here is particularly observable the “curiosa felicitas,” a fruitful soil and careful cultivation.

Here is particularly observable the curiosa felicitas, a fruitful soil and careful cultivation.

This sort of thing, “lesbian” only remotely, belongs more properly to the field of curiosa.

They exhibit the three indispensable gifts of the finest authorship: "simplicitas munditiis," "lucidus ordo," "curiosa felicitas."

curiosa felicitas—Studied felicity of thought or 40 of style.

Word Value for curiosa
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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