Cu`ri*al"i*ty (-?l"?-t?), n. [Cf. LL. curialitas courtesy, fr. curialis.] The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court. [Obs.] Bacon.
Cu"ri*et (k?"r?-?t), n. A cuirass. [Obs.] Spenser.
Cur"ing (k?r"?ng), p. a. & vb. n. of Cure.
Curing house, a building in which anything is cured; especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar is drained and dried.
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.
Cu`ri*o*log"ic (-?-l?j"?k), a. [Gr. kyriologiko`s speaking literally (applied to curiologic hieroglyphics); ky`rios authoritative, proper + lo`gos word, thought. Cf. Cyriologic.] Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol.
Cu`ri*os"i*ty (kū`r&ibreve;*&obreve;s"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n.; pl. Curiosities (- t&ibreve;z). [OE. curiouste, curiosite, OF. curiosetÚ, curiositÚ, F. curiositÚ, fr. L. curiositas, fr. curiosus. See Curious, and cf. Curio.] 1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. [Obs.] Bacon.
When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity.
Shak.
A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with great curiosity.
Evelin.
2. Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness. Milton.