Curiosity /(kū`rĭ*ŏs"ĭ*ty̆)/

pl. Curiosities ((-tĭz))

1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. [Obs.]

   When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity.

   A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with great curiosity.

2. Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.
3. That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention.

   We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town.

   There hath been practiced also a curiosity, to set a tree upon the north side of a wall, and, at a little hieght, to draw it through the wall, etc.