avidement (-mān), adv., greedily, eagerly, voraciously, covetously.
avidité, n.f., avidity, greediness, eagerness, covetousness.
avilir, v.a., to debase, to demean, to disgrace, to vilify; to disparage, to discredit, to depreciate, to lower.
s’avilir, v.r., to disgrace one’s self, to debase one’s self, to grow contemptible.
avilissant, -e, adj., debasing, degrading, humiliating.
avilissement (-mān), n.m., degradation, debasement, depreciation, contempt, vileness.
aviné, -e, part., drunk, drunken, unsteady (from drink). Il est —; c’est un corps —; he is a regular tippler.
aviner, v.a., to season with wine.
aviron, n.m., (nav.) oar. — de couple; scull. Aller à l’—; to row. Donner un coup d’—; to lend a helping hand.
avironnerie, n.f., oar-maker’s shed.