avidità — meaning in English

English meaning

• avarice noun An excessive, greedy desire for wealth or possessions.
• avidity noun A strong, greedy appetite for something.
• greed noun An excessive desire for more than one needs, especially money, food, or possessions.
• thirst noun The feeling of needing something to drink.

Senses

avidità is used for these senses in English:

• avarice Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
• greed A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
• thirst (figuratively) Sexual lust.

avidity — full definition

1. noun A strong, greedy appetite for something.
2. noun Great eagerness or keenness for something.
3. noun (biochemistry) A measure of the combined strength of many individual bonds between proteins.

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