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curiousnesses

curiousnesses is the plural of curiousness.

Meaning of curiousness

Noun

curiousness (usually uncountable, plural curiousnesses)

  1. (usually) Curiosity; inquisitiveness.
  2. (dated, usually) The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
  3. (obsolete, usually) Care; carefulness; pains.
    • [M]y father's care / With curiousness and cost, did train me up / In all those liberal qualities that commend / A gentleman: […]1624 November 3 (first performance), Philip Massinger, “The Parliament of Love”, in W[illiam] Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, […], volume II, London: […] G[eorge] and W[illiam] Nicol...
  4. (countable, usually) The product or result of being curious.

Questions about curiousnesses

What is curiousnesses the plural of?
Curiousnesses is the plural of curiousness.

Words near curiousnesses in the dictionary

  1. curiousity
  2. curiously
  3. curiously recurring template pattern
  4. curiously recurring template patterns
  5. curiousness
  6. curiousnesses
  7. curite
  8. curites
  9. Curitiba
  10. Curitiban
  11. Curitibans

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