CURIOSITY

n. 1 inquisitiveness, interest His insatiable curiosity next led him to study astronomy 2 snooping, prying, peeping, intrusiveness, meddlesomeness, interference, Colloq nosiness, Nosy Parkerism Curiosity killed the cat 3 curio, oddity, rarity, conversation piece, objet de virtu or vertu, objet d'art, found object; bric-à-brac or bric-a-brac, knick-knack, bauble, trinket, gewgaw The shop sells curiosities, like goblets made from ostrich eggs In those days, every house had a curiosity cabinet.