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CURIOSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does curiosa mean?
• CURIOSA (noun)
The noun CURIOSA has 1 sense:
1. books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica)
Familiarity information: CURIOSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("curiosa" is a kind of...):
book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
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