unˈcurious, a.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
1. Of persons: = incurious a. 2.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 226 Uncuriouse, incurius, ignauus. 1621 Quarles Div. Poems, Esther To Rdr., It is enough for an vncurious questioner to know it was indited by the Spirit of God. 1641 ― Enchyridion iv. lxxxviii, If thou art not worth more than the world can make thee, thy Redeemer had a bad pennyworth, or thou an uncurious Redeemer. 1712 Steele Spect. No. 340, That I have not been so uncurious a Spectator, as not to have seen Prince Eugene. 1716–7 in Collect. Hist. Aberdeen & Banff (Spalding Club) I. 39 A most elegant and powerfull preacher,..uncurious of politeness, save in the pulpit. |
† 2. = incurious a. 5. Obs.
| 1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iv. Handycrafts Argt., The praise of Peace, the miserable states Of Eden's Exiles: their un-curious Cates: Their simple habit, silly habitation. |
† 3. = incurious a. 6. Obs.
| 1601–3 Daniel Ep. Sir T. Egerton 54 The state of truth..dwells free in the open plaine, Vncurious, Gentle, easie of accesse. |
4. = incurious a. 7.
| 1684–5 Boyle Min. Waters 69 This Glass was judged capable of holding Water enough for not uncurious Tryals. 1712 Steele Spect. No. 546 ¶1 He added very many Particulars not uncurious concerning the Manner of taking an Audience. 1768 Woman of Honor I. 96, I was by chance witness to a not uncurious scene. 1846 Thackeray Crit. Rev. Wks. 1886 XXIII. 97 A not uncurious specimen of the biography of a literary man. a 1860 H. H. Wilson Ess. & Lect. (1862) I. 136 It is not an uncurious feature..that the veneration paid to their Gosáins is paid solely to their descent. |