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av⋅id
[av-id] 
ɪd
–adjective
| 1. | enthusiastic; ardent; dedicated; keen: an avid moviegoer. |
| 2. | keenly desirous; eager; greedy (often fol. by for or of): avid for pleasure; avid of power. |
Related forms:
av⋅id⋅ly, adverb
av⋅id⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
Avid, eager, keen all share the sense of strongly desirous. Avid suggests a desire akin to greed, so strong as to be insatiable: driven by an avid need for fame and recognition. Eager implies a desire that is strong and impatient but less than overpowering: eager to try his hand at new tasks. Keen carries a sense of zest and active, alert desire: an amateur painter, ever keen to try new techniques.
Avid, eager, keen all share the sense of strongly desirous. Avid suggests a desire akin to greed, so strong as to be insatiable: driven by an avid need for fame and recognition. Eager implies a desire that is strong and impatient but less than overpowering: eager to try his hand at new tasks. Keen carries a sense of zest and active, alert desire: an amateur painter, ever keen to try new techniques.
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| av·id (āv'ĭd) adj.
[Latin avidus, from avēre, to desire.] av'id·ly adv. |
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Avid
Av"id\, a. [L. avidus, fr. av?re to long: cf. F. avide. See Avarice.] Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy. "Avid of gold, yet greedier of renown." --Southey.
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avid
1769, from Fr. avide, from L. avidus "longing eagerly for," from avere "to desire eagerly." Also in part a back-formation from avidity (1449), from M.Fr. avidité, from L. aviditatem, noun of quality from avidus.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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