(n.) Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity\.

acquisitiveness alacrity animation anxiety anxiousness appetite avarice avariciousness avidness breathless impatience cheerful readiness covetousness cupidity eagerness elan forwardness frenzy of desire fury of desire gluttony grasping graspingness greed greediness gust gusto hoggishness impatience incontinence inordinate desire insatiability insatiable desire intemperateness itching palm keen desire keenness life liveliness lust overgreediness piggishness promptness quickness rapaciousness rapacity ravenousness readiness sordidness spirit swinishness verve vitality vivacity voraciousness voracity wolfishness zest zestfulness