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curiouser

curiouser

4 8.9
Stranger and more interesting than before
  • adjective
  • /ˈkjʊəriər/
  • Literature
translation icon : más curioso
  • Things are getting curiouser and curiouser.
  • get curiouser

So I'm really more curious, why is he still there?

Examples

  • As the plot unfolded, the tale became curiouser and curiouser, full of unexpected twists.

  • Things rapidly became, in Alice's immortal words, "curiouser and curiouser."

    Academic text (1992)

  • The case got curiouser and curiouser.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • "Curiouser and curiouser," France said.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • As Alice would say, "things are getting curiouser and curiouser."

    Blog text (17)

  • "Curiouser and curiouser," said Alice.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • This is where the situation gets "curiouser and curiouser" like something out of Alice in Wonderland.

    Blog text (11)

  • In Alice's adventures, she often remarked, "Things are getting curiouser and curiouser every moment."

  • "Curiouser and curiouser," she said, as the strange events unfolded around her.

How Strange

bizarre
406 5.9
curiouser
  • Literature
4 8.9
strange
∞ 2.3
odd
798 1.0
ordinary
683 1.0

Surface Forms

curiouser positive
curious comparative
curiousest superlative

Morphology

curiouser = curious (transparent) = curious + er

Standard comparative formation from the adjective 'curious'; meaning 'more curious' is directly derived and easily recognized by learners.

Etymology

Curiouser is simply the comparative of curious, so it literally means 'more curious' or 'more strange'. Lewis Carroll made the phrase 'curiouser and curiouser' famous in Alice in Wonderland, which helps you remember it as a playful way to say something is becoming stranger.