avid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
avid (comparative more avid or (less commonly) avider, superlative most avid or (less commonly) avidest)
- enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something
- I'm an avid reader.
- an avid fan of 1960s sci-fi movies
- 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
enthusiastic; passionate
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longing eagerly; eager; greedy
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Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French avide, from Latin avidus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
avid m or n (feminine singular avidă, masculine plural avizi, feminine and neuter plural avide)
Declension[edit]
Declension of avid
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