avidity

[ uh-vid-i-tee ]

/ əˈvɪd ɪ ti /

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noun

eagerness; greediness.

enthusiasm or dedication.

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Origin of avidity

1400–50; late Middle English avidite<Middle French <Latin aviditās.See avid, -ity

Words nearby avidity

Avicenna, avicularium, aviculture, avid, avidin, avidity, avidly, avidya, Aviemore, avifauna, avigation

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How to use avidity in a sentence

If his avidity was an act, Brooks should immediately move to Hollywood and collect his Academy Awards.
I'm Not Country or Pop. I'm Just Pure Garth Brooks.|David Masciotra|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was radioactive to those who once valued his political counsel and editorial avidity.
Murdoch on the Rocks: How a Lone Reporter Revealed the Mogul's Tabloid Terror Machine|Clive Irving|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was like one standing denied in the Street of Abundance; she had an avidity of the eye for even love's reflection.
Hilda|Sarah Jeanette Duncan
This resembled the old bilge-water of a ship for foulness, but both men and oxen drank of it with avidity.
Robert Moffat|David J. Deane

Their eyes fixed, their mouths agape, their hands clasped, they listened with increasing avidity to the Gascon adventurer.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue
As they were adapted to the capacity of all classes of persons, they were eagerly sought after, and read with avidity.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
According to M. C. Courrire, it was seized upon with avidity and produced a profound sensation.
My Religion|Leo Tolstoy

British Dictionary definitions for avidity

avidity

/ (əˈvɪdɪtɪ) /

noun

the quality or state of being avid

eagerness
greed; avarice

chem

the strength of an acid or base in proportion to its degree of dissociation
another term for affinity (def. 6b)

immunol a measure of antigen-to-antibody binding, based on the rate of formation of the complex

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avidity

Origin of avidity

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