avidity

Definition

Greediness; strong appetite.

Etymology

From Middle English avidite, from Old French avidite (modern French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”), equivalent to avid + -ity.

Example Sentences

• "to eat with avidity"
• "Still, there was an inquiry after me, the 'who was she?' that never can, that never must be answered; and it was pursued with only the more avidity, because my accomplishments proved that I had been expensively educated, and nature had stamped me with her own kindly distinctions."
• "Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity, / Overcome your diffidence and natural timidity."