curiousness
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Noun (2)
- a state of active curiositySynonyms: inquisitivenessType of curiosity, wonderKinds nosiness, prying
- the quality of being alien or not native“the strangeness of a foreigner”Synonyms: foreignnessstrangenessType of qualityKinds alienage, exoticismAttribute of foreign, strange
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Cu′ri·ous·ness noun
1. Carefulness; painstaking. obsolete
My father's care With curiousness and cost did train me up.— Philip Massinger
2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54