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Pronunciation
Adverb
avide
- avidly, eagerly
1952, F. Omelka, La Alaska stafeto:La vunditaj hundoj avide ekmanĝis.- The wounded dogs eagerly begin to eat.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin avidus (“greedy; eager; hungry”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
avide (plural avides)
- avid, eager, desirous
- greedy, grasping
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Galician
Verb
avide
- second-person plural imperative of avir
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
avide f pl
- feminine plural of avido
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Latin
Etymology
From avidus (“greedy; eager; hungry”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Adverb
avidē (comparative avidius, superlative avidissimē)
- greedily, avariciously
- Synonyms: avārē, avāriter
- hungrily, voraciously
- eagerly, desirously
- Synonyms: appetenter, inhianter
References
- “avide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “avide”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- avide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (avidè) , (avìde)
Noun
avidè
- instrumental singular of avìdė (“sheepfold”)
Noun
avìde
- vocative singular of avìdė (“sheepfold”)