456. Incuriosity. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget’s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties

Division (I) Formation of Ideas

Section II. Precursory Conditions and Operations

456. [Absence of Curiosity.] Incuriosity.


NOUN:	INCURIOSITY; incuriousness &c. adj.; apathy, insouciance [See Indifference]; indifference.

VERB:	BE INCURIOUS &c. adj.; have no curiosity [See Curiosity]; be bored by, take no interest in [See Insensibility]; mind one’s own business, pursue the even tenor of one’s way, glance neither to the right hand nor to the left.

ADJECTIVE:	INCURIOUS, uninquisitive, indifferent; impassive [See Insensibility]; uninterested, bored.

QUOTATION:	Eyes and no-eyes.