inquisitiveness

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=quis=i=tive=ness

CIDE DICTIONARY

inquisitiveness, n. 

 The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.  [1913 Webster]
"Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great activity, scrambled in at a high window."  [1913 Webster]
"Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove that ignorance they were born with; which, without this busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull."  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

inquisitiveness

Curiosity

N curiosity, interest, thirst for knowledge, thirst for truth, curiosity, curiousness, inquiring mind, inquisitiveness, omnivorous intellect, devouring mind, inquirer, sightseer, quidnunc, newsmonger, Paul Pry, eavesdropper, gossip, rubberneck, intellectual, seeker, seeker after truth, curious, inquisitive, burning with curiosity, overcurious, inquiring, prying, snoopy, nosy, peering, prurient, inquisitorial, inquisitory, curious as a cat, agape, what's the matter? what next? consumed with curios, curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it back, curiouser and curiouser.