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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a state of active curiosity;
[syn: curiousness, inquisitiveness]

2. the quality of being alien or not native;
- Example: "the strangeness of a foreigner"
[syn: foreignness, strangeness, curiousness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Curiousness \Cu"ri*ous*ness\, n. 1. Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] My father's care With curiousness and cost did train me up. -- Massinger. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance. [1913 Webster] 3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

curiousness n 1: a state of active curiosity [syn: curiousness, inquisitiveness] 2: the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner" [syn: foreignness, strangeness, curiousness] [ant: nativeness]