A plural noun that is singular in construction, from curiologic, Greek kyriologikos, “in an obvious sense,” from kyriologia, “obvious language” (kyrios ”ruling, literal,” from kyros, “power, might” + -logia, -logy) + -ikos, -ic.

Scratching his bald pate, renowned archeologist Gimball Kimball readjusted his spectacles and peered closer at the etchings carved into the cave wall: “What curious curiologics!”