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avidous

avidous adjective: avid; keen; desirous.

Adjective

avidous (comparative more avidous, superlative most avidous)

  1. (obsolete) avid; keen; desirous
    • Charles I. emulating and avidous of the absolute power and despotism of the house of Bourbon, first adventured in imitation of France […]1794, Ezra Stiles, A History of Three of the Judges of King Charles I Major General Whalley, Major-General Goffe and Colonel Dixwell, page 335
    • […] an aged thorn, which threw its shrivelled and moss-covered branches towards the loch, as if avidous of moisture.1824, The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, page 539

Forms of avidous

comparativemore avidous
superlativemost avidous

Questions about avidous

What does avidous mean?
Avidous means avid; keen; desirous.
What part of speech is avidous?
Avidous is an adjective.

Words near avidous in the dictionary

  1. avidities
  2. avidity
  3. avidja
  4. avidly
  5. avidness
  6. avidous
  7. avidya
  8. avie
  9. Aviemore
  10. aviette
  11. aviettes

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