avidity
noun
[ əˈvɪdɪti ]
• keen interest or enthusiasm.
• "he read detective stories with avidity"
Similar:
enthusiasm,
keenness,
eagerness,
avidness,
ardour,
fervour,
passion,
zeal,
zealousness,
fanaticism,
voracity,
voraciousness,
appetite,
hunger,
thirst,
fervency,
ardency,
passionateness,
• the overall strength of binding between an antibody and an antigen.
Origin:
late Middle English: from French avidité or Latin aviditas, from avidus ‘eager, greedy’.
