avidity
Meaning
- (uncountable, usually) Greediness; strong appetite.
- (uncountable, usually) Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
- (uncountable, usually) The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.
Synonyms
Translations
avidité
avidez
απληστία
avidità
Gier
begeerte
avidesa
avidezPronounced as (IPA)
/əˈvɪdɪti/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English avidite, from Old French avidite (modern French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”), equivalent to avid + -ity.
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