avid

English

Etymology

From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ævɪd/, /ævəd/

Adjective

avid (comparative more avid, superlative most avid)

1. enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy

   I'm an avid reader.

   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 3

     We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.

Derived terms

• avidly
• avidity

Translations

enthusiastic; passionate

• German: passioniert (de), begeistert (de), eifrig (de)
• Hebrew: נלהב
• Italian: bramoso (it)
• Latin: avidus (la)

• Russian: заядлый (ru) (zajádlyj), страстный (ru) (strástnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: gionach (gd)
• Slovak: nadšený (sk) m
• Spanish: ávido (es)

longing eagerly; eager; greedy

• Bulgarian: алчен (bg) (alčen), лаком (bg) (lakom), ненаситен (bg) (nenasiten)
• Hebrew: משתוקק
• Italian: avido (it)
• Latin: avidus (la)

• Russian: алчный (ru) (álčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: gionach (gd)
• Spanish: ávido (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Finnish: innokas
• Norwegian: ivrig (no)

Anagrams

• diva