avid

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English

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Etymology

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From French avide, from Latin avidus (eager, desirous; greedy), from aveō (wish, desire, long for, crave).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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avid (comparative more avid or (less commonly) avider, superlative most or (less commonly) avidest)

  1. enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something
    an avid fan of 1960s sci-fi movies
    an avid learner of history
    I'm an avid reader.
    • 1999, Larry Zuckerman, The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World:
      A blanket disdain for indigenous foods doesn't explain the delay, because Spain was avid to adopt a different New World root.
    • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, page 3:
      We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.

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Anagrams

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French avide, from Latin avidus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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avid m or n (feminine singular avidă, masculine plural avizi, feminine and neuter plural avide)

  1. avid, eager, desirous
  2. greedy, grasping

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