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curiosity
English
Etymology
From Middle English curiosite, variant of curiouste, from Anglo-Norman curiouseté, from Latin c?ri?sit?tem, from c?ri?sus. Surface analysis curious +? -ity; see -osity.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kyoo?r"??s'?t?, IPA(key): /?kj??????s?ti/
Noun
curiosity (countable and uncountable, plural curiosities)
- (uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. [from 17th c.]
- Synonym: inquisitiveness
- Antonym: ignorance
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- It was the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his friend's quarters; and he eyed the dingy, windowless structure with curiosity, and gazed round with a distasteful sense of strangeness as he crossed the theatre
- A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete) Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building. [16th-19th c.]
- 1631, John Smith, Advertisements, in Kupperman 1988, p. 81:
- wee built a homely thing like a barne, set upon Cratchets, covered with rafts, sedge, and earth, so also was the walls; the best of our houses of the like curiosity, but the most part farre much worse workmanship […]
- 1631, John Smith, Advertisements, in Kupperman 1988, p. 81:
Derived terms
- curiosity killed the cat
Related terms
- curious
Translations
References
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marvel
English
Alternative forms
- marvail, marvell (obsolete)
Etymology
First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mirabilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mirabilis (“strange, wonderful”), from miror (“I wonder at”), from mirus (“wonderful”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m??vl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??vl?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)v?l
- Hyphenation: mar?vel
Noun
marvel (plural marvels)
- That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
- Wonder, astonishment.
Derived terms
- marvelous, marvellous
Translations
Verb
marvel (third-person singular simple present marvels, present participle (UK) marvelling or (US) marveling, simple past and past participle (UK) marvelled or (US) marveled)
- (intransitive) To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
- (obsolete, transitive) To marvel at.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
- (obsolete, transitive, used impersonally) To cause to marvel or be surprised.
- 15th century, Anonymous, Richard the Redeless
- But much now me marvelleth.
- 15th century, Anonymous, Richard the Redeless
Translations
Anagrams
- vermal
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