avidity

English

Noun

avidity (uncountable)

1. Greediness; strong appetite.
2. Eagerness; intenseness of desire

   to eat with avidity

   • 1881, W. S. Gilbert, Patience:

     Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity,
     Overcome your diffidence and natural timidity.

3. (biochemistry) The measure of the synergism of the strength individual interactions between proteins.

Synonyms

• (intenseness of desire): eagerness, alacrity, enthusiasm, liveliness

Translations

greediness; strong appetite

Bulgarian: лакомост (bg), ненаситност (bg), алчност (bg) Italian: avidità (it) f.

Romanian: lăcomie (ro) f., aviditate (ro) f. Russian: алчность (ru) f., жадность (ru) f.

eagerness; intenseness of desire

Italian: avidità (it) f. Romanian: aviditate (ro) f.

Russian: усердие (ru) n., энергичность (ru) f.