curio Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
    oddment; oddity; rarity; peculiarity; curiosity.

WordNet

Cu"ri*o noun
Etymology
Abbreviation of curiosity.
Wordforms
plural Curios
Definitions
  1. Any curiosity or article of virtu.
    The busy world, which does not hunt poets as collectors hunt for curios. F. Harrison.

Webster 1913