curiousness
nounUK /ˈkjʊəɹi.əsnəs/
Etymology From curious + -ness.
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; […] by W[illiam] Bulmer and Co. […], published 1805, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 309:
4
Usually The product or result of being curious.
- Synonyms
- curiosity