Avidity

//əˈvɪdɪti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Greediness; strong appetite. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something wordnet
  3. 3
    Eagerness; intenseness of desire. uncountable, usually

    "to eat with avidity"

  4. 4
    The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins. uncountable, usually

Synonyms

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eagernesseagernessacquisitivenessalacrityalacrityambition

Example

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"It must be supposed that reading was one of his morbid habits, as he fell upon anything that came into his hands with equal avidity."

Etymology

From Middle English avidite, from Old French avidite (modern French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”), equivalent to avid + -ity.

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