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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avidity \A*vid"i*ty\, n. [L. aviditas fr avidus: cf F.
avidit['e]. See {Avid}.]
Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of
desire; as to eat with avidity.
His books were received and read with avidity.
--Milward.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
avidity
n : a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
[syn: {eagerness}, {avidness}, {keenness}]
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