Esperanto

Adverb

avide

1. avidly, eagerly
   • 1952, F. Omelka, La Alaska stafeto, Project Gutenberg transcription

     La vunditaj hundoj avide ekmanĝis.

     The wounded dogs eagerly begin to eat.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avid/
• Homophone: avides

Adjective

avide m, f ‎(plural avides)

1. avid, eager, desirous
2. greedy, grasping

Derived terms

• avidement

Related terms

• avidité

Anagrams

• dévia, évida

Italian

Adjective

avide

1. feminine plural of avido

Anagrams

• devia
• evadi

Latin

Etymology

From avidus ‎(“greedy; eager; hungry”), from aveō ‎(“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Adverb

avidē ‎(comparable avidius, superlative avidissimē)

1. greedily, avariciously
2. hungrily, voraciously
3. eagerly, desirously

Synonyms

• (eagerly): appetenter, inhianter
• (greedily, avariciously): avārē, avāriter

Related terms

References

• avide in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• avide in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “avide”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.