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curiouser and curiouser en · X

Pronunciation

  • /ˌkjʊɹiəsɚ n̩ ˈkjʊɹiəsɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˌkjʊəɹɪəsə n̩ ˈkjʊəɹɪəsə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkjɔː-/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by the English author Lewis Carroll (1832–1898): see the quotation.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Used to describe or react to an increasingly mysterious or peculiar situation.
    • Greco-German ‘Fingergate’ Gets Curiouser and Curiouser [title] 2015 March 20, Robert Mackey, “Greco-German ‘Fingergate’ gets curiouser and curiouser”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2022:
    • "Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); "now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!" 1865 November (indicated as 1866), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “The Pool of Tears”, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 15:

Relateds

the plot thickens

Translations (4)

fi kummallisempaa ja kummallisempaa (used to describe or react to an increasingly mysterious or peculiar situation) · ru всё стра́ньше и стра́ньше (used to describe or react to an increasingly mysterious or peculiar situation) · fr de plus en plus curieux (used to describe or react to an increasingly mysterious or peculiar situation) · hu egyre furcsábbak a dolgok (used to describe or react to an increasingly mysterious or peculiar situation)

wikipedia: Lewis Carroll