Curio (Noun)
Meaning
Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The antique shop was filled with curios, including a vintage taxidermied owl and a two-headed turtle.
- She had a fascination with medical curios and spent hours browsing the shelves of the oddity store.
- The museum's collection of scientific curios included a 19th-century phrenology head and a set of antique surgical tools.
- As a child, he loved visiting his grandfather's house, which was filled with all sorts of strange and wonderful curios.
- The flea market vendor specialized in selling curios and oddities, including a mermaid skeleton and a Fiji Island cannibal fork.