curiouser
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkjʊəɹɪəsə(ɹ)/, /ˈkjɔː-/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkjʊɹiəsɚ/
- Hyphenation: cu‧ri‧ous‧er
Adjective edit
curiouser
- (informal or nonstandard) comparative form of curious: more curious
- 1865 November (indicated as 1866), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “The Pool of Tears”, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 15:
- "Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); "now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!"
Usage notes edit
Usually used as part of the phrase curiouser and curiouser or a variation thereof; most commonly as a reference to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.