AVID'ITY, noun [Latin aviditas, from avidus, and this from aveo, to desire, to have appetite; Heb. to desire, or covet.] 1. Greediness; strong appetite; applied to the senses: 2. Eagerness; intenseness of desire; applied to the mind.
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