The quality of being curious or the state of possessing unusual or rare characteristics that make something worth collecting.
From Latin 'curiosus' with the suffix '-ality' indicating a state or quality. The term was formalized during the Renaissance when curiosity itself became viewed as a virtue rather than a vice.
Medieval monks were punished for curiosity as a sin, but by the Renaissance, curiality transformed it into a virtue—a complete flip showing how science changes society's values.
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