curiousness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state of active curiosity
    inquisitiveness.
  2. noun the quality of being alien or not native
    foreignness; strangeness.
    • the strangeness of a foreigner

WordNet


Cu"ri*ous*ness noun
Definitions
  1. Carefulness; painstaking. Obs.
    My father's care With curiousness and cost did train me up. Massinger.
  2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
  3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity.

Webster 1913