FromLatinavidus(“eager, desirous; greedy”), fromaveō(“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
avido (feminineavida,masculine pluralavidi,feminine pluralavide,superlativeavidissimo)
- greedy
- eager,avid
- avido in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
avidō
- dative/ablativemasculine/neutersingular ofavidus
avido (feminineavida,masculine pluralavidos,feminine pluralavidas)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) ofávido.
1880,Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A tia Izabel [Aunt Izabel]”, inContos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies][1], 2nd edition,Lisbon:Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published1905, page174:Asolteirona é pretenciosa, presumida,avida de attrahir a attenção.- Thesingle woman is pretentious, presumptuous,eager to attract attention.