D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Avidity

· A·vid·i·ty · IPA /əˈvɪdɪti/
01 n. Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.
  1. 1.
    Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.
    “His books were received and read with avidity.” — Milward.