Adjective

(en adjective)

enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy

I'm an avid reader.

* 1996 , , Oyster , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 3

We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.

(of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}

Full of life, strikingly alive.

*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=

, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=32 citation , passage=The vivid , untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.}}