avid
See also: àvid
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