avid

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  1. adjective Having an ardent desire or unbounded craving; greedy: avid for adventure.
  2. adjective Marked by keen interest and enthusiasm: an avid sports fan.

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  • Thanks for your avid participation in this thread ... —  MoDaCo WinMo News
  • What we're seeing here is when an antibody becomes much more avid, you get more antibodies to the target.
  • "And if you're an avid-fitness buff, it will challenge you as well."
  • And before I get thousands of emails that was a rhetorical question … as a avid visitor to this website I know how much excitement is generated by the topic of draw offers! —  ChessBase News
  • They have put their trust in a man who knows how to bring the most rarified artistic achievements before an avid, heterogeneous museum-going public. —  3quarksdaily
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin avidus, from avēre, to desire.

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  1. from Latin avidus, greedy, eager, from avere, wish. Cf. avarice.
 

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