curiousness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

curiousness
    n 1: a state of active curiosity [syn: {curiousness},
         {inquisitiveness}]
    2: the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of
       a foreigner" [syn: {foreignness}, {strangeness},
       {curiousness}] [ant: {nativeness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Curiousness \Cu"ri*ous*ness\, n.
   1. Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs.]
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            My father's care
            With curiousness and cost did train me up. --
                                                  Massinger.
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   2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship;
      ingenuity of contrivance.
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   3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity.
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