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avid

Pronunciation: /ˈæv.ɪd/

The English word “avid” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
  2. greedy

Etymology

From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

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