curious

Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.

Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.

I was ſo curious likewiſe as to goe to the place, where it is ſaid the great tower of Babel was built, being about halfe a days iourney diſtant; where I ſawe nothing but a high mountaine of earth in the midſt of a plaine where in digging you may finde certaine bricks, whereof it is ſaide the tower is built.

Caused by curiosity.

But he to ſhifte their curious requeſt, / Gan cauſen, why ſhe could not come in place; [...].

Such is the uneven State of human Life: And it afforded me a great many curious Speculations afterwards, when I had a little recovered my first surprise.

Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.

The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.

1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xxxi, leaf 232v Thenne at the mete cam in Elyas the harper & by cause he was a curyous harper men herd hym synge the same lay that Dynadan had made "Then at the meat came in Eliot the harper, and because he was a curious harper men heard him sing the same lay that Dinadan had made"

Clipping of bi-curious.

It's not what I'm used to / Just wanna try you on / I'm curious for you / Caught my attention

Interested in entering a romantic or sexual relationship with a specified group.

On the app I’d ultimately go with, I presented myself truthfully, as a Republican-curious woman tired of the Democrats’ hopelessness and constant pivoting during a highly charged election year.

Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.