Curio

Word CURIO
Character 5
Hyphenation cu ri o
Pronunciations /ˈkjɔːɹiˌəʊ̯/

Definitions and meanings of "Curio"

What do we mean by curio?

A curious or unusual object of art or piece of bric-a-brac. noun

Originally, an object of virtu or article of bric-à-brac, such as a bronze, a piece of porcelain or lacquer-ware, etc., brought from China or the far East; now, any bronze, or piece of old china or of bric-à-brac in general, especially such as is rare or curious: as, a collection of curios. noun

Any curiosity{3} or article of virtu; any object esteemed for its unusual nature. noun

A strange and interesting object which invokes curiosity. noun

Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting noun

A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Curio

The word "curio" in example sentences

There is one good feature of this minor appendage, however, which is the inside back cover, "Archive: a curio from the vaults of The Times". ❋ Maxine (2009)

Andy Baio of Waxy. org shares a curio from the past — Computability, in which Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows explain the concept of home computing to the layman of 1984. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I mean if you look at the issues that face the next papacy and you look at them from the perspective of this curio, which is very Euro-centric, most of the cardinals are European. ❋ Unknown (2005)

'The curio is my own property, and I will do just as I please with it.' ❋ Guy Boothby (1886)

The centre will also have a "lapa" for the staging of traditional dances, a small lodge to house tourists overnight and tourist-orientated businesses such as curio shops and safari companies to serve surrounding private game reserves. ❋ Unknown (1996)

a hundred men each, with a centurion to command it; a priest called curio, to perform the sacrifices, and two of the principal inhabitants, called duumviri, to distribute justice. ❋ Oliver Goldsmith (1752)

Upon Mr. Arbuthnot admitting that he studies Shakespere merely from a "curio" point of view, and that for the poetry he cared nothing, ❋ Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 (1906)

Yüan-ming Yüan, or the "Bright Round Garden," to give it its proper name, had been laid out by the Jesuit fathers on the plan of the Trianon at Versailles, and was packed with valuable porcelain, old bronzes, and every conceivable kind of curio, most of which were looted or destroyed by the infuriated soldiery. ❋ Herbert Allen Giles (1890)

This is the species so often collected as a "curio," and on account of its very white under surface is much used for etching various figures. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

I saw first one of our men and then another emerge from the crowd, go to the boat, and carefully deposit something -- probably a "curio" of some kind -- in her sternsheets, and then rejoin the laughing, gesticulating throng. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

Like Mark Twain's preacher with the car rhyme, "I have got it, got it bad" -- the "curio" malady in one of its most virulent types. ❋ Andrew Carnegie (1877)

Kalakaua, who affected a sentimental leaning to the notions of his mother's race, took possession of this famous "curio" and it disappeared from public view. ❋ Nathaniel Bright Emerson (1877)

Data collection as a kind of curio cabinet filled with the atrocious and their atrocities? ❋ Unknown (2009)

a line, over the creek bridge, past Desima, which we leave on our left hand, and soon we are in the heart of the native city, and traversing what is popularly known as "curio" street. ❋ J. J. Smith (N/A)

a "curio" point of view, and that for the poetry he cared nothing, ❋ Thomas Wright (1897)

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