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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Mr Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great activity, scrambled in at a high window. --Johnson. Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove that ignorance they were born with which without this busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull. --Locke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inquisitiveness n : a state of active curiosity [syn: {curiousness}]
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