avidity

English

Etymology

From Old French avidite (French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”).

Noun

avidity (uncountable)

1. Greediness; strong appetite.
2. Eagerness; intenseness of desire

   to eat with avidity

   • 1881, W. S. Gilbert, Patience:

     Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity,
     Overcome your diffidence and natural timidity.

3. (biochemistry) The measure of the synergism of the strength individual interactions between proteins.

Synonyms

• (intenseness of desire): eagerness, alacrity, enthusiasm, liveliness

Translations

greediness; strong appetite

• Bulgarian: лакомост (bg) (lakomost), ненаситност (bg) (nenasitnost), алчност (bg) (alčnost)
• Italian: avidità (it) f

• Romanian: lăcomie (ro) f, aviditate (ro) f
• Russian: алчность (ru) (alčnostʹ) f, жадность (ru) (žadnostʹ) f

eagerness; intenseness of desire

• Italian: avidità (it) f
• Romanian: aviditate (ro) f

• Russian: усердие (ru) (userdije) n, энергичность (ru) (energičnostʹ) f