avidity
Plural: avidities
Noun
- Extreme eagerness or enthusiasm.
- a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
- Greediness; strong appetite.
- Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
- The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.
Examples
- She refreshed the app with great avidity, waiting for her opponent’s move.
- to eat with avidity
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English avidite, from Old French avidite (modern French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”), equivalent to avid + -ity.
Synonyms
avidness, eagerness, keenness, alacrity, enthusiasm, liveliness
Scrabble Score: 14
avidity: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordavidity: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
avidity: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
avidity: valid Words With Friends Word