rabid
English
Etymology
From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æbɪd
Adjective
rabid (comparative rabider, superlative rabidest)
- Affected with rabies.
- Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.
- a rabid virus
- Furious; raging; extremely violent.
- Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.
- a rabid socialist
- rabid Green Bay Packers fans
Quotations
- 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC:
- The rabid flight, Of winds that ruin ships.
Translations
affected with rabies
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of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
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furious; raging; extremely violent
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very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
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Noun
rabid (plural rabids)
- A human or animal infected with rabies.
- Someone who is fanatical in opinion.
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