Sep 19, 2014 · As far as English is concerned, the root of curiosity is curiosity. It was not formed from curious. The real question here is where the latter got its second u from. The French …

Mar 18, 2017 · I've been looking at the adjectives "curious" and "furious", and have been wondering why their noun counterparts are so different. According to …

Apr 23, 2014 · There is a good feeling you get when your curiosity is satisfied, especially if is about a question you found interesting or important, or have spent a lot of time and energy …

Which preposition follows the word curiosity? Ex. To explore their curiosity (for/about/with) science?

Aug 2, 2022 · I usually use something along the lines of blatantly saying "He gave a curious look/shot a curious glance." However, does anyone know ways to describe someone …

Mar 31, 2018 · an eager desire to know; inquisitiveness 2.a. the quality of being curious; strangeness While I'd prefer 'curiosity' for 'inquisitiveness', and (if pushed) 'curiousness' for …

Sep 7, 2015 · You say you need a verb for curiosity, but your example and the answers assume verbs for the result of exercising curiosity successfully. Did you instead want a verb form of …

Apr 17, 2021 · I found some ideas from the definition of incurious: Lacking intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; uninterested. But these tend to be opposites of more …

Jul 26, 2023 · Zeus told Pandora not to open the box, but she allowed her curiosity to get the best of her, and look what happened: she unleashed all the world's miseries and evils.

This post on 9GAG claims that the actual proverbs read: Curiosity killed the cat. > Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. [FAKE, the second part was actually added later] ...