noun
definition
A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
Examples of curio in a Sentence
A casual pet item collector may only want one or two figurines to display in their curio cabinet or a sweatshirt to wear with their pet's picture displayed.
Commandeer a hutch or curio and use it in your office for a cabinet or bookcase.
All Curio Cabinets carries china cabinets with curved glass made by many well known furniture companies including Wynwood, Broyhill, Stanley and Pulaski.
You will also see corner curio cabinets in white and black.
In addition, you may be able to use a curio cabinet, which typically has more glass than a china cabinet, to display your items in your dining room.
It remains an interesting curio despite not having the appeal of Kites or even the later incarnation of Gentle Giant.
C. Sempronius Longus was appointed a Keeper of the Sacred Books, and C. Scribonius curio was made chief curio.
You Have Been Here This one's a real curio.
His representative in So B.C., the tribune C. Scribonius Curio, served him well, and induced the lukewarm majority of the senate to refrain from extreme measures, insisting that Pompey, as well as Caesar, should resign the imperium.
We may mention, as distinct from the above, the flamen curialis, who assisted the curio, the priest who attended to the religious affairs of each curia; the flamens of various sacerdotal corporations, such as the Arval Brothers; the flamen Augustalis, who superintended the worship of the emperor in the provinces.
Further, C. Scribonius Curio, Caesar's general in Africa, had openly proposed, 50 B.C., when tribune of the plebs, that Numidia should be sold to colonists, and the king reduced to a private station.