Passion, désir, empressement de voir, d'apprendre des choses nouvelles, intéressantes, rares, etc.
ETYM Abbreviation of curiosity.
Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting; SYN. curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity.
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.
ETYM Old Fren. interest, French intéręt, from Latin interest it interests, is of interest, from interesse to be between, to be difference, to be importance; inter between + esse to be; cf. Late Lat. interesse usury. Related to Essence.
1. A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; SYN. involvement.
2. The power of attracting or holding one's interest (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); SYN. interestingness.
3. A right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; SYN. stake.
4. A fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed.
5. (Usually plural) A social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; SYN. interest group.