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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CURIOUSNESS

n. 1. Fitness to excite curiosity; exactness of workmanship.
2. Singularity of contrivance.
3. Curiosity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CURIOUSNESS

CURIOUSNESS Cu "ri *ous *ness, n.

 

1. Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs. ] My father's care With curiousness and cost did train me up. Massinger.

 

2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.

 

3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity.