1. Of persons: = INCURIOUS a. 2.
1570. Levins, Manip., 226. Uncuriouse, incurius, ignauus.
1621. Quarles, Div. Poems, Esther, To Rdr. It is enough for an vncurious questioner to know it was indited by the Spirit of God. Ibid. (1641), Enchyridion, IV. lxxxviii. If thou art not worth more than the world can make thee, thy Redeemer had a bad pennyworth, or thou an uncurious Redeemer.
1712. Steele, Spect., No. 340. That I have not been so uncurious a Spectator, as not to have seen Prince Eugene.
1716–7. in Collect. Hist. Aberdeen & Banff (Spalding Club), I. 39. A most elegant and powerfull preacher,… uncurious of politeness, save in the pulpit.
† 2. = INCURIOUS a. 5. Obs.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. i. IV. Handycrafts, Argt. The praise of Peace, the miserable states Of Eden’s Exiles: their un-curious Cates: Their simple habit, silly habitation.
† 3. = INCURIOUS a. 6. Obs.
1601–3. Daniel, Ep. Sir T. Egerton, 54. The state of truth … dwells free in the open plaine, Vncurious, Gentle, easie of accesse.
4. = INCURIOUS a. 7.
1684–5. Boyle, Min. Waters, 69. This Glass was judged capable of holding Water enough for not uncurious Tryals.
1712. Steele, Spect., No. 546, ¶ 1. He added very many Particulars not uncurious concerning the Manner of taking an Audience.
1768. Woman of Honor, I. 96. I was by chance witness to a not uncurious scene.
1846. Thackeray, Crit. Rev., Wks. 1886, XXIII. 97. A not uncurious specimen of the biography of a literary man.
a. 1860. H. H. Wilson, Ess. & Lect. (1862), I. 136. It is not an uncurious feature … that the veneration paid to their Gosáins is paid solely to their descent.
