AVIDIOUS

AVIDIOUS

ADJ.
avid, ardently desirous, extremely eager, greedy ...1534 rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin avidus greedy, eager, desiring
or from French avide greedy
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1534 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...The auydious desyres of honour."
 
From: Tullyes Offyces
Translated by Roberte Whytinton (Robert Whittinton), 1534
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
• A Standard Dictionary of the English Language,
Isaac K. Funk, 1908
• The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language,
Rev. John Ogilvie, 1847-1850
• Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language,
​Noah Porter, 1895