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Definition of Avidness
1. Noun. A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something.
Generic synonyms: Enthusiasm
Specialized synonyms: Ardor, Ardour, Elan, Zeal
Derivative terms: Avid, Avid, Eager
Definition of Avidness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being avid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avidness
1. avidity [n -ES] - See also: avidity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avidness
Literary usage of Avidness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Drama and the Stage by Ludwig Lewisohn (1922)
"A terrible yet hopeless avidness after the meaning of life dominates this drama,
and under its cold cynicism you feel a stifled moan of pain. ..."
2. Ariel by José Enrique Rodó (1922)
"They will call the dogmatism of common sense, wisdom; mean avidness of heart,
gravity; adaptation to the mediocre, sound judgment; and bad taste, ..."
3. The Boy Problem by William Byron Forbush (1907)
"In the first chapter I laid considerable stress upon the imminence of the boy's
physical nature and his avidness of life. His response to every impulse is ..."
4. Child Study and Child Training by William Byron Forbush (1915)
"There was a still joy in quiet, sober pleasures, intellectual repose, but the
child brings the larger and more exuberant joys of play, fellowship, avidness ..."
5. The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine (1871)
"Butler, whose labours in advancing the logic of analogy we have previously
explained, read thie Demonstration with the avidness of a keen and subtle mind ..."
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