scivolemo

Esperanto

Etymology

From scivolema (“curious, inquisitive”) +‎ -o (“noun ending”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /st͡sivoˈlemo/
  • Rhymes: -emo
  • Hyphenation: sci‧vo‧le‧mo

Noun

scivolemo (uncountable, accusative scivolemon)

  1. curiousity, inquisitiveness

Usage notes

While scivolo, scivoleco and scivolemo can all be translated as curiousity, scivolemo is usually a long-term character trait of wanting to know about various different things, whereas scivolo and scivoleco are usually an interest to know something specific.

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