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Avidity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Greediness; strong appetite; applied to the senses:

2. Eagerness; intenseness of desire; applied to the mind.

Avidity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.

Greed Roget’s Thesaurus §817a

N. covetousness, ravenousness &c. # adj, venality, avidity, cupidity, acquisitiveness (acquisition) 775, desire, greed, greediness, avarice, avidity, rapacity, extortion, selfishness, auri sacra fames, grasping, craving, canine appetite, rapacity

V. covet, crave (desire) 865, grasp, exact, extort