My understanding is that the Cabinet of Curiosities contained items
which were tied to important events in the owner's life... So the terms
accuracy and subtlety seem to apply. I'm fascinated by this rediscovery
of this word!!
Clay
On 3/30/2010 8:14 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Mmmmm, interesting.
These other definitions of curious would also put another meaning to "A
Cabinet of Curiosities" which these days we tend to think of as just a
collection of weird and unusual things, but which more correctly may have been a
collection of the best of everything.
So Arachne is a curiosity of lacemakers.
Jacquie in Lincolnshire
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