avido
See also: ávido
Italian
Etymology
From Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.vi.do/
- Rhymes: -avido
- Hyphenation: à‧vi‧do
Adjective
avido (feminine avida, masculine plural avidi, feminine plural avide, superlative avidissimo)
Derived terms
Further reading
- avido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
avidō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of avidus
Portuguese
Adjective
avido (feminine avida, masculine plural avidos, feminine plural avidas)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ávido.
- 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A tia Izabel [Aunt Izabel]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies][1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 174:
- A solteirona é pretenciosa, presumida, avida de attrahir a attenção.
- The single woman is pretentious, presumptuous, eager to attract attention.