CURIOSITY Meaning of CURIOSITY in English n. (pl. -ies) 1. an eager desire to know; inquisitiveness. 2 strangeness. 3 a strange, rare, or interesting object. Etymology: ME f. OF curiouset{eacute} f. L curiositas -tatis (as CURIOUS) Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012