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interesting

English

Etymology

From interest +? -ing.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nt??st??/, /??nt??st??/
  • (US) IPA(key): /??nt???st??/, /??nt(?)??st??/, /??nt(?)??st??/, /??nt???st??/
  • ,

Adjective

interesting (comparative more interesting, superlative most interesting)

  1. (obsolete) Of concern; affecting, important.
    • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 48:
      He indeed had good reason to be offended; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good, he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy, which had been entrusted to him in conference [] .
  2. Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
    • 2015-11-22, Stan Lee, "Marvel's Stan Lee: 'I'd never really thought of doing comics for a living.'", The Guardian:
      Comics were just another form of entertainment to me, but it got to be more and more interesting every day.
  3. (euphemistic) Pregnant. [from 18th c.]
    • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:
      I found myself in a fair way of being a mother; and that I might be near my own relations, in such an interesting situation, I and my dear companion departed from H—n, not without great reluctance [] .
    • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
      Mrs Lenville (who, as has been before hinted, was in an interesting state) rushed from the rear rank of ladies, and uttering a piercing scream threw herself upon the body.
    • 1928, WB Maxwell, We Forget Because We Must:
      I'm afraid I seem to make heavy weather of my interesting condition.

Synonyms

  • absorbing

Antonyms

  • uninteresting
  • boring

Derived terms

  • interesting condition
  • interestingly
  • interestingness

Translations

Verb

interesting

  1. present participle of interest

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curio

English

Etymology

Clipping of curiosity, 1851. Compare cabinet of curiosities and French objet de curiosité.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kj????i????/, /?kj???i????/, /?kj???i????/

Noun

curio (plural curios)

  1. A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.

Related terms

  • curiosity
  • curious

Translations

See also

See also: Thesaurus:trinket.

References

Anagrams

  • Cú Roí

Galician

Noun

curio m (uncountable)

  1. curium

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ku.rjo/

Noun

curio m (plural curi)

  1. (chemistry) curium

Anagrams

  • cuori
  • urico

Latin

Noun

curi?

  1. dative singular of curium
  2. ablative singular of curium

References

  • curio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • curio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • curio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • curio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • curio in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • curio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ku?jo/, [?ku.?jo]

Etymology 1

From English curium, after Pierre and Marie Curie + -io.

Noun

curio m (uncountable)

  1. curium
See also
  • curio on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es

Etymology 2

From English curie or French curie, named after Pierre and Marie Curie.

Alternative forms

  • curie (obsolete)

Noun

curio m (plural curios)

  1. curie

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