Avid Definition

ăvĭd

adjective

Having or marked by keen interest and enthusiasm.

An avid golfer; an avid interest in cooking.

American Heritage

Having an intense craving; greedy.

Avid for power.

Webster's New World

Having or marked by strong desire or craving; greedy.

An economy with an avid appetite for consumer goods.

American Heritage

Eager and enthusiastic.

An avid reader.

Webster's New World

I'm an avid reader.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Avid

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

From Wiktionary
Latin avidus from avēre to desire

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition