Hypertext Webster Gateway: "avidity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Avidity \A*vid"i*ty\, n. [L. aviditas, fr. avidus: cf. F.
avidit['e]. See {Avid}.]
Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of
desire; as, to eat with avidity.
His books were received and read with avidity.
--Milward.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
avidity
n : a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
[syn: {eagerness}, {avidness}, {keenness}]
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