Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-VID'I-TY
A-VID'I-OUS-LYAV-I-GA'TO, or AV-O-CA'DO
A-VID'I-TY, a. [L. aviditas, from avidus, and this from aveo, to desire, to have appetite; Heb. and Ch. אוה, to desire, or covet.]
- Greediness; strong appetite; applied to the senses.
- Eagerness; intenseness of desire; applied to the mind.
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