curious
adjective
eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
overcurious
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a word derived from
curious.
Example Sentences
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People in East Africa have long known about the crested rat’s poisonous punch, which has felled many an overcurious dog.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
Today’s consumer-available drones remain effectively blind, and no one has yet developed software that would allow the devices to reliably avoid quotidian obstacles like trees, power lines, sudden and strong weather, and overcurious dogs.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2015
She feeds the overcurious Jeffrey information she hears from her father—that the ear is connected to an investigation involving a local nightclub singer, Dorothy Vallens, played with a wounded luminousness by Rossellini.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2011
In the drama of sea war, cruisers go ahead of battleships to discover the theatre of operations, ascertain the disposition of the enemy and protect the main performers from overcurious inquirers before the show begins.
From Time Magazine Archive
The beaten man had heard that sometimes Ling Foo of Woosung Road dealt in pearls without being overcurious.
From The Pagan Madonna by W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner
