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inquisitiveness
(encz) | inquisitiveness,všetečnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
inquisitiveness
(encz) | inquisitiveness,zvědavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Inquisitiveness
(gcide) | 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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inquisitiveness
(wn) | inquisitiveness
n 1: a state of active curiosity [syn: curiousness,
inquisitiveness] |
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Inquisitiveness
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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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