Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. nonstandard comparative form of curious: more curious
Examples
“Curiouser and curiouser, I opened an email last week which contained a graph showing not only the measured public confidence statistics, but the PREDICTED statistics for next month!”
“It is all — to quote another poet — curiouser and curiouser.”
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““Curiouser and curiouser,” I retorted, curling my upper lip at it.”
“Even though God should have known that nothing would make two morons curiouser than a big flashing sign that says No.”
“Christine followed the Hattter out to the garden, under a tree, where the scene became curiouser and curiouser.”
The Huffington Post: Jamie Stiehm: Christine's Adventures: A Mad Tea Party in Wonderland
“Curiouser and curiouser. posted by Dr. Dawg at 11: 50 PM”
“The deeper you drop down the rabbit hole of Romney's fortune, the "curiouser and curiouser" things become, as Alice in Wonderland famously said.”
“Then again, it was a Wonderland idea in the first place, so perhaps things will keep getting curiouser and curiouser.”
The Guardian: Humiliating climbdown surely spells apocalypse for Horsemen's tariff
“Those who have grown curiouser and curiouser about what the offbeat reinventor of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory might conjure up in his version of Alice in Wonderland can feast their eyes on this array of concept art and publicity images, due to hang in movie theaters this week to promote the March 5, 2010, release.”
“Or alternatively, things are getting "curiouser and curiouser.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘curiouser’.
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Muddleheaded Wombat
Childhood reading nostalgia, beginning with some choice examples from Ruth Park's classic The Muddleheaded Wombat.
miserabubble, animoil, soporific, possum magic, curiouser, snugglepot, cuddlepie, banksia men, gumnut babies, bottersnikes, magic pudding, gumbles and 31 more...
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born2badored's Words
livid, fnordy, grok, bloopy, bokonon, disinformation, psychometrics, trip hop, acid jazz, bauble, dynamic, constant and 91 more...
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geekwad's Words
mysterium, elif, reckon, shadowy, ostensibly, unique, foodie, surreptitiously, asynchronous, insane, berserk, space pirate and 235 more...
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amber words
amber words is the term I use for words that are all but fossilized, in the sense that their use is always in the context of a single expression. Examples include caboodle, dudgeon, umbrage
sanctum, akimbo, amok, riddance, druthers, trove, caboodle, immemorial, blithering, dudgeon, swaddling, askance and 110 more...
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sputnik
canoodle, span, hasten, discombobulate, sputnik, clod, encrusted, spit-shine, zeitgeist, landslide, laid, cherish and 350 more...
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rosemilk's favourites
skullduggery, azure, topaz, onyx, lollygag, porcelain, darling, precious, pennyroyal, automaton, bejewelled, rococo and 69 more...
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words i like best
These are a few of the words I like best.
lackadaisical, ubiquitous, acquiesce, glamorous, curiouser, darling, buzz, loverly, cunt, fastidious, major, daintily and 40 more...
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upthetrellis's Words
akimbo, trellis, topiary, pulchritudinous, tremble, balloon, strumpet, curiouser, charade, nincompoop, ken, spoon and 7 more...
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sheece's Words
Tweets
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slumry Oh, read it! I reread both last week while on a car trip, and read much of it to my husband also. It is wonderful--you will love it. I assumed it must be heavily quoted here, but perhaps not. Jul 10, 2007
seanahan I had a British linguistics professor in college who was shocked that Americans hadn't all read "Through the Looking Glass", let alone Alice. I don't think I've actually ever read Alice, just seen the cartoon. I get most of the references because I've heard most of them. Isaac Asimov and Stephen Pinker, to name two, like to quote Alice. Jul 6, 2007
reesetee Ah, people just don't read Alice anymore. Too bad. It was one of my favorite hand-me-down books when I was a kid. :-) In fact, I think I still have it somewhere on one of my gazillion bookshelves. Jul 6, 2007
uselessness I've incorporated "curiouser and curiouser" into my everyday speech for years, and not one person has ever identified the reference. For shame. Jul 6, 2007
sheece 'Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English) Jul 6, 2007
seanahan Towelie you're the worst character ever. Dec 6, 2006
born2badored don't forget your towel Dec 6, 2006