avidity

/əˈvɪdɪti/

avidity noun: greediness; strong appetite.

Noun

avidity (usually uncountable, plural avidities)

(usually) Greediness; strong appetite.
(usually) Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
- to eat with avidity
- Still, there was an inquiry after me, the 'who was she?' that never can, that never must be answered; and it was pursued with only the more avidity, because my accomplishments proved that I had been expensively educated, and nature had stamped me with her own kindly distinctions.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 46
Synonyms:

eagerness, alacrity, enthusiasm, liveliness
(usually) The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.

avidity meaning in Malay and Indonesian

Examples of avidity in a sentence

Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity, / Overcome your diffidence and natural timidity.1881, W. S. Gilbert, Patience:
She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew]...

Synonyms of avidity

Forms of avidity

plural	avidities

Origin of avidity

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

Questions about avidity

What does avidity mean?: Avidity means greediness; strong appetite.
What is avidity in Malay?: Avidity in Malay is keavidan. See Avidity meaning in Malay.
How do you use avidity in a sentence?: Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity, / Overcome your diffidence and natural timidity.
What part of speech is avidity?: Avidity is a noun.
How do you pronounce avidity?: Avidity is pronounced /əˈvɪdɪti/.
What is the plural of avidity?: The plural of avidity is avidities.

Words near avidity in the dictionary

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