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Zerox Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Is this a correct expression?

If someone wants more and more knowledge, is it correct to say that:
Mister X has an avidity of knowledge.
  

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Well, I had to look up "avidity" because I've never used it. It seems you would have to say "avidity for" not "avidity of," but I'm generally considered to have a pretty good vocabulary, and if I had to look it up, I expect others you say it to might have a hard time understanding your meaning as well. ) A more common word is "affinity" - he has an affinity for knowledge of all types.

— BarbaraPA

  • Well, I had to look up "avidity" because I've never used it.
  • It seems you would have to say "avidity for" not "avidity of," but I'm generally considered to have a pretty good vocabulary, and if I had to look it up, I expect others you say it to might have a hard time understanding your meaning as well.
  • ) A more common word is "affinity" - he has an affinity for knowledge of all types.
  • And yet, I don't often think of people have having feelings about knowledge - they possess knowledge, or seek it, but you'll be more likely to hear I enjoy collecting facts about the Navy , or I like learning or Pokemon trivia or I enjoy being a storehouse of knowledge on all things.
  • How about a simpler version: Mister X is always seeking to learn more.
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Well, I had to look up "avidity" because I've never used it. It seems you would have to say "avidity for" not "avidity of," but I'm generally considered to have a pretty good vocabulary, and if I had to look it up, I expect others you say it to might have a hard time understanding your meaning as well. (Once I saw it was a form of "avid," I felt dumb for not realizing it sooner, but even so, I did
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Thank you for your response.

Well, im doing an important essay and i need to impress my teacherEmotion: smile
But that affinity
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>Mister X has an avidity of knowledge.

thirst for knowledge is more familiar ... although formal too ...
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Yes, Zerox, I think Marius's thirst for knowledge is exactly the right phrase to use!
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How about "a hearty appetite for knowledge"? Or just plain "hunger for knowledge". Or plainer still, "desire--or passion-- for knowledge".
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Zerox
Well, im doing an important essay and i need to impress my teacher
Well, for impressiveness, you could toss in an adjective: "unquenchable thirst", or "insatiable hunger", or "untamable passion".
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For even more impressiveness you could use "his so-transcendentally-insatiable-that-it's-almost-unconscionable concupiscence for knowledge."
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That's really impressive. How often should we use it?Emotion: smile
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Never, if you want to be clearly understood. Emotion: smile
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