curious meaning
EN
[ˈkjʊəɹiəs] [-ʊəɹiəs] 
US - AdjectiveCOMcuriouserCOMmore curiousSUPcuriousestSUPmost curiousSUF-ious
- OBS Fastidious, particular; demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
- Inquisitive; tending to ask questions, investigate, or explore.
- Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.
- Prompted by curiosity.
- Unusual; odd; out of the ordinary; bizarre.
- The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.
- (archaic) Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
- OBS Fastidious, particular; demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- While the Cointreau technology did not strike him as novel, Mr. Freeman was curious about the spherification kit the company had put together for bartenders.
- Aren't there any REAL TSgirls in Cleveland? Or are you still in the closet. Very curious man wants to know!
- A curious instance of perversion in religio-sexual feeling, bordering on zooerastia, is the case of St. Veronica.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of curious in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adjectives
- en curiously
- en curiouser
- en curiousest
- en curiousity
- en curiousness
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "curious" is an adjective.