avid

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Very enthusiastic and keen about something.

   She is an avid reader who finishes a novel every week.

2. 2
   adj

   Strongly wanting or craving something.

   The young explorer was avid for adventure.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-eh₁yeti Latin aveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin avidusbor. French avide English avid From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

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