Curialistic
Cu′ri‐a‐lis″tic (–l?s″t?k), a. [L. curialis belonging to the imperial court, fr. curia, LL., also, counselors and retinue of a king.] 1. Pertaining to a court.2. Relating or bel...
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Curiality
Cu′ri‐al″i‐ty (–?l″?–t?), n. [Cf. LL. curialitas courtesy, fr. curialis.] The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court. Bacon.
Curiet
Cu″ri‐et (k?″r?–?t), n. A cuirass. Spenser.
Curing
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.
Curio
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....
Curiologic
Cu′ri‐o‐log″ic (–?–l?j″?k), a. [Gr. κυριολογικόσ speaking literally (applied to curiologic hieroglyphics); κύριοσ authoritative, proper + λόγοσ word, thought. Cf. Cyriologic.] P...
Curiosity
Cu′ri‐os″i‐ty (kū′rĭ‐ŏs″ĭ‐ty̆), n.; pl.Curiosities (–tĭz). [OE. curiouste, curiosite, OF. curioseté, curiosité, F. curiosité, fr. L. curiositas, fr. curiosus. See Curious, and c...
Curioso
‖Cu′ri‐o″so (k??′r?–?″z? or k?′r?–?″s?), n.; pl.Curiosos (–z�z or –s�z). [It. See Curious.] A virtuoso.
Curious
Cu″ri‐ous (k?″r?–?s), a. [OF. curios, curius, F. curieux, L. curiosus careful, inquisitive, fr. cura care. See Cure.] 1. Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct...
Curiously
Cu″ri‐ous‐ly, adv. In a curious manner.
Curiousness
Cu″ri‐ous‐ness, n. 1. Carefulness; painstaking.My father's careWith curiousness and cost did train me up.Massinger.2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingen...
Curl
Curl (kûrl), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Curled (kûrld); p. pr. & vb. n.Curling.] [Akin to D. krullen, Dan. krölle, dial. Sw. krulla to curl, crisp; possibly akin to E. crook. Cf. Curl, ...
Curl (2)
Curl, v. i. 1. To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves l...
Curl (3)
Curl (kûrl), n. [Akin to D. krul, Dan. krölle. See Curl, v.] 1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.Under a coronet, his flowing hairIn curls on ...
Curled
Curled (kûrld), a. Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinuous course).Curled hair(Com.), the hair of the manes and tails of h...
Curledness
Curl″ed‐ness, n. State of being curled; curliness.
Curler
Curl″er (–ẽr), n. 1. One who, or that which, curls.2. A player at the game called curling. Burns.
Curlew
Cur″lew (kûr″lū), n. [F. courlieu, corlieu, courlis; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus courier; L. currere to run + levis light.] (Zoöl.) A wading bird of the genu...
Curliness
Curl″i‐ness (k?rl″?–n?s), n. State of being curly.
Curling
Curl″ing, n. 1. The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as h...
Curlingly
Curl″ing‐ly, adv. With a curl, or curls.
Curly
Curl″y (k?rl″?), a. Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled.
Curlycue
Curl″y‐cue (k?rl″?–k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.] Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper. [Some...
Curmudgeon
Cur‐mudg″eon (k?r–m?j″?n), n. [OE. cornmudgin, where -mudgin is prob. from OF. muchier, mucier, F. musser to hide; of uncertain origin; cf. OE. muchares skulking thieves, E. mic...
Curmudgeonly
Cur‐mudg″eon‐ly, a. Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.
Curmurring
Cur‐mur″ring (k?r–m?r″r?ng), n. Murmuring; grumbling; — sometimes applied to the rumbling produced by a slight attack of the gripes. Burns.
Curr
Curr (k?r), v. i. To coo.The owlets hoot, the owlets curr.Wordsworth.