Definitions for curiosities

curiosities cu·ri·os·i·ty

Spelling: [kyoo r-ee-os-i-tee]
IPA: /ˌkyʊər iˈɒs ɪ ti/

Curiosities is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 606 anagrams from letters in curiosities (ceiiiorsstu).

Definitions for curiosities

noun

  1. the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness.
  2. a curious, rare, or novel thing.
  3. a strange, curious, or interesting quality.
  4. Archaic. carefulness; fastidiousness.

Origin of curiosities

1350-1400; Middle English curiosite (Anglo-French) Latin cūriōsitās. See curious, -ity

Examples for curiosities

He handed the letter to Robert, who surveyed it with curiosity.

But in the heart of Lecorbeau there was less anxiety than curiosity.

One day, as I sat in our driveway in Long Island playing with blocks and buckets, my curiosity got the best of me.

A pioneer is a brave fellow, with the courage of his own curiosity.

I noticed a picture of her daughter, who was my classmate, and out of curiosity visited her page.

In fact, I publicly vowed to abstain from The Ball in 2012, but professional responsibilities and curiosity got the better of me.

A plain case, that he had left his curiosity with me, and designed to shew me no other.

However, several probes—most recently the curiosity rover—have measured methane in the Martian atmosphere.

“curiosity cabinets are really a 16th century thing of trying to understand the world,” Wynd says.

The boy came forward, and examined the stranger with curiosity.

Word Value for curiosities
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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