curiouser

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Adjective

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curiouser

  1. (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

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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.