Showing posts with label curious. Show all posts
Showing posts with label curious. Show all posts

Thursday, August 25, 2016

curious, curios

Curious or curious means wanting to learn or know; inquisitive --
He's curious about the new kid, but he won't introduce himself.
I'm curious--how did you get the children to be so quiet?

Curious is also an old-fashioned term for odd or strange --
That's a curious coincidence, very odd indeed.
He was discovered in curious circumstances, and in a part of tiwn we rarely visit.

Curios or curios is the plural ( more than one ) form of "curio", meaning an art object or conversation piece --
The house is full of old curios, things he collected in his travels.
The tables and windowsills are covered with curios; it's a shambles.

Now that you know that, you can say --
"She's curious to learn the story behind each of these curios."