avidity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
    keenness; avidness; eagerness.

WordNet

A*vid"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. aviditas, fr. avidus: cf. F. avidité. See Avid.
Definitions
  1. Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.
    His books were received and read with avidity. Milward.

Webster 1913