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cu⋅ri⋅o⋅sa

[kyoor-ee-oh-suh]
–plural noun
1. books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
2. (in selling and collecting books) books, pamphlets, etc., containing pornographic literature or art; erotica.

Origin:
1880–85; < NL: unusual things, special use of neut. pl. of L cūriōsus careful, inquisitive. See curious
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cu·ri·o·sa   (kyŏŏr'ē-ō'sə, -zə)   
pl.n.  Books or other writings dealing with unusual, especially pornographic, topics.

[New Latin cūriōsa, neuter pl. of Latin cūriōsus, inquisitive; see curious.]
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