avidityn.

/əˈvɪdɪti/

Forms: Also Middle English avidite.

Etymology: < French avidité (16th cent. in Littré), < Latin aviditātem , noun of quality < avidus avid adj.: see -ity suffix.

a. Ardent desire, extreme eagerness, greediness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [noun]

lickerousnessc1380

avaricec1386

avidityc1449

zealc1451

eagerness1486

greediness1553

anxiety1555

lickerishness1580

inhiation1608

exoptation1633

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 251 Deuocioun and avidite whiche men in tho daies hadden into goostli techingis.

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 491 The dog..fell a gnawing of them with a strange avidity.

1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers ii. iv Philosophers have an avidity to know how we perceive objects.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 175 The mere avidity of gold.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. II. ii. 11 Magazines, which I used to read with avidity when a boy.

b. transferred of things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions > of things

avidity1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xvii. 149 The avidity of that part dilateth it selfe, and receiveth a second burden.

1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. Chem. 340 The avidity for oxygen manifested by sulphurous acid.

2. elliptical. Greediness of gain, graspingness, avarice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions

greediness1154

greedilaikc1175

yissingc1275

covetise1297

covetingc1315

winningheadc1315

concupiscencec1340

avaricec1386

greedy worm1430

cupidity1436

covetousness1526

avariciousness1560

greed1609

an itching palma1616

gripulousness1633

havingness1646

avarition1661

my-ness1662

aviditya1680

gripingness1683

ingordigiousnessa1734

graspingness1747

accumulativeness1821

acquisitiveness1826

pleonexia1858

possessiveness1864

over-greed1867

appropriativeness1882

a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) i. xx. 44 He shewed no small rapacity or (to give it a milder term) avidity.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 737 Nature never offered to the avidity of mankind..such rich mines as those of Potosi.

1884 United Presb. Mag. Mar. 99 Raised at the same time the rents and the avidity of the landlords.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	avidity
释义	avidityn. /əˈvɪdɪti/ Forms: Also Middle English avidite. Etymology: < French avidité (16th cent. in Littré), < Latin aviditātem , noun of quality < avidus avid adj.: see -ity suffix. 1. a. Ardent desire, extreme eagerness, greediness. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [noun] lickerousnessc1380 avaricec1386 avidityc1449 zealc1451 eagerness1486 greediness1553 anxiety1555 lickerishness1580 inhiation1608 exoptation1633 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 251 Deuocioun and avidite whiche men in tho daies hadden into goostli techingis. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 491 The dog..fell a gnawing of them with a strange avidity. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers ii. iv Philosophers have an avidity to know how we perceive objects. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 175 The mere avidity of gold. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. II. ii. 11 Magazines, which I used to read with avidity when a boy. b. transferred of things. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions > of things avidity1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xvii. 149 The avidity of that part dilateth it selfe, and receiveth a second burden. View more context for this quotation 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. Chem. 340 The avidity for oxygen manifested by sulphurous acid. 2. elliptical. Greediness of gain, graspingness, avarice. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions greediness1154 greedilaikc1175 yissingc1275 covetise1297 covetingc1315 winningheadc1315 concupiscencec1340 avaricec1386 greedy worm1430 cupidity1436 covetousness1526 avariciousness1560 greed1609 an itching palma1616 gripulousness1633 havingness1646 avarition1661 my-ness1662 aviditya1680 gripingness1683 ingordigiousnessa1734 graspingness1747 accumulativeness1821 acquisitiveness1826 pleonexia1858 possessiveness1864 over-greed1867 appropriativeness1882 a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) i. xx. 44 He shewed no small rapacity or (to give it a milder term) avidity. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 737 Nature never offered to the avidity of mankind..such rich mines as those of Potosi. 1884 United Presb. Mag. Mar. 99 Raised at the same time the rents and the avidity of the landlords. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1449
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