ETYM Old Eng. curiouste, curiosite, Old Fren. curioseté, curiosité, French curiosité, from Latin curiositas, from curiosus. Related to Curious, Curio.
A state in which one wants to learn more about something; SYN. wonder.
(lat.) Merkwürdige Sache, Sonderbarkeit; Seltenheit.
Seltsamkeit, Merkwürdigkeit.
Seltenheit.