"Lionize" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... newsmonger, Paul Pry, eavesdropper; gossip &c (news) 532; rubberneck; intellectual; seeker [inquirer after religious knowledge], seeker after truth. V. be curious &c adj.; take an interest in, stare, gape; prick up the ears, see sights, lionize; pry; nose; rubberneck [U.S.]. Adj. curious, inquisitive, burning with curiosity, overcurious; inquiring &c 461; prying, snoopy, nosy, peering; prurient; inquisitorial, inquisitory^; curious as a cat; agape &c (expectant) 507. Phr. what's the matter? what next? consumed with curiosity; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget |
