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avidità — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • avarice noun An excessive, greedy desire for wealth or possessions.
  • avidity noun Greediness; strong appetite.
  • 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 Greediness; strong appetite.
  2. noun Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
  3. noun The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.

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