avid

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈæv.ɪd/, /ˈæv.əd/

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

1. Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:enthusiastic

   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.

2. greedy

• avidly
• avidity
• avidness

• AIVD, Adiv, Vida, diva

Borrowed from French avide, from Latin avidus.

• IPA^(key): [a.vid]

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

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

• aviditate