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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
avid /ˈavɪd/

▶adjective keenly interested or enthusiastic.

– derivatives
avidly adverb.

– origin C18 (earlier (ME) as avidity): from Fr. avide or L. avidus, from avere ‘crave’.

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