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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inquisitiveness \In*quis"i*tive*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to
seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is
unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.
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Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great
activity, scrambled in at a high window. --Johnson.
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Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove
that ignorance they were born with; which, without this
busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull. --Locke.
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