avidity
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ɪ noun
1.
eagerness; greediness.
2.
enthusiasm or dedication.
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avidity (əˈvɪdɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the quality or state of being avid |
| 2. | a. eagerness |
| b. greed; avarice | |
| 3. | chem |
| a. the strength of an acid or base in proportion to its degree of dissociation | |
| b. another term for affinity | |
| 4. | immunol a measure of antigen-to-antibody binding, based on the rate of formation of the complex |
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Avidity
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
avidity
mid-15c., from O.Fr. avidite "avidity, greed," from L. aviditatem (nom. aviditas), noun of quality from avidus (see avid).
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Example sentences
Working with soft pencils, he drew the outdoor world with an almost shocking avidity.
Rai's avidity leads him into drug dealing, an activity he conceals from his friends.
Indeed, their growing avidity for simulated designer wares has made fashion the chief beneficiary of virtual boom times.
Researchers have traced this avidity to the hamster's natural habits.
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