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.