Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.
fastuous - proud, haughty, disdainful
factituous - artificial, rather than natural; lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham
fastidious - giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be correct and perfect; having a strong dislike of anything dirty and unpleasant; difficult to please