Associations to the word «Avidity»

Wiktionary

AVIDITY, noun. Greediness; strong appetite.
AVIDITY, noun. Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
AVIDITY, noun. (biochemistry) The measure of the synergism of the strength individual interactions between proteins.

Dictionary definition

AVIDITY, noun. A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley