Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inquisitiveness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inquisitiveness \In*quis"i*tive*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to
seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is
unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.
Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great
activity, scrambled in at a high window. --Johnson.
Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove
that ignorance they were born with; which, without this
busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull. --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inquisitiveness
n : a state of active curiosity [syn: {curiousness}]
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