Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

avid

/ˈæv.ɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: avid
IPA: /ˈæv.ɪd/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.

adj

Example Sentences

"an avid fan of 1960s sci-fi movies"
"an avid learner of history"
"I'm an avid reader."
"A blanket disdain for indigenous foods doesn't explain the delay, because Spain was avid to adopt a different New World root."
"We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-eh₁yeti Latin aveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin avidusbor. French avide English avid From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₂ew-

Inflected Forms

more avid (comparative) avider (comparative, uncommon) most avid (superlative) avidest (superlative, uncommon)

Derived Forms

avidly avidity avidness

Synonyms

animated ardent avid big [⇒ thesaurus] [on] bubbly eager earnest ebullient energetic enthusiastic excited exhilarated

Questions

How do you pronounce avid?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæv.ɪd/.
What does avid mean?: Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
Where does avid come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-eh₁yeti Latin aveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin avidusbor. French avide English avid From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

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