curiosa

[ kyoo r-ee-oh-suh ]

/ ˌkyʊər iˈoʊ sə /

books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.

(in selling and collecting books) books, pamphlets, etc., containing pornographic literature or art; erotica.

Origin of curiosa

1880–85; < New Latin: unusual things, special use of neuter plural of Latin cūriōsus careful, inquisitive. See curious

They exhibit the three indispensable gifts of the finest authorship: "simplicitas munditiis," "lucidus ordo," "curiosa felicitas."

The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus |Tacitus
"A recipe from the curiosa section of my medical book," he said.

Problem on Balak |Roger D. Aycock
A library of trivia, museum of curiosa, sideshow of freaks, and shrine of greatness.

The Short Life |Francis Donovan
This sort of thing, “lesbian” only remotely, belongs more properly to the field of curiosa.

Checklist |Marion Zimmer Bradley

It is the curiosa felicitas which Petronius ascribes to Horace in his Odes.

Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals |John Dryden

curiosa

/ (ˌkjʊərɪˈəʊsə) /

curiosities

books on strange subjects, esp erotica

New Latin: from Latin cūriōsus curious