Meaning of CURIO
| Pronunciation: | | 'kyûree`ow
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| | Definition: | | [n] something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |
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| | Synonyms: | | curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity |
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| | See Also: | | collector's item, piece de resistance, showpiece, stuff, sundries, sundry, whatchamacallit, whatsis | |
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| | Definition: | | \Cu"ri*o\ (k?"r?-?), n.; pl. {Curios} (-?z). [Abbreviation
of curiosity.]
Any curiosity or article of virtu.
The busy world, which does not hunt poets as collectors
hunt for curios. --F. Harrison.
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| | Related Terms: | | a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, abnormality, anomaly, bagatelle, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, brass farthing, button, cent, conversation piece, curiosity, exception, farce, farthing, feather, fig, fleabite, folderol, fribble, frippery, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, hair, halfpenny, hill of beans, improbability, jest, joke, kickshaw, knickknack, knickknackery, minikin, mockery, molehill, museum piece, nonesuch, oddity, peppercorn, picayune, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pretty-pretty, prodigiosity, prodigy, rap, rarity, red cent, row of pins, rush, shit, snap, sneeshing, sou, strange thing, straw, toy, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence, two cents, twopence, whatnot, whim-wham |
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