rabid

English

Etymology

From the Latin rabidus, from rabere (“to rave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæbɪd/, /ˈɹeɪbɪd/
• Rhymes: -æbɪd

Adjective

rabid (comparative more rabid, superlative most rabid)

1. Affected with rabies.

   a rabid dog or fox

2. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

   a rabid virus

3. Furious; raging; extremely violent.
4. very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; comparable to one with rabies.

   a rabid socialist

   rabid Green Bay Packers fans

Translations

affected with rabies

• Asturian: rabiosu
• Catalan: rabiós
• Finnish: raivotautinen (fi), vesikauhuinen
• Galician: rabioso
• German: tollwütig

• Italian: arrabbiato (it)
• Malay: gila
• Portuguese: raivoso (pt)
• Romanian: turbat (ro)
• Russian: бешеный (ru) (bešenyj)
• Spanish: rabioso (es)

of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia

• Asturian: rabiosu
• Catalan: rabiós
• Finnish: raivotautinen (fi), vesikauhuinen, raivotauti-, vesikauhu-

• German: Tollwut- (de) f
• Italian: arrabbiato (it)

furious; raging; extremely violent

• Asturian: rabiosu, rabiáu
• Catalan: rabiós
• Dutch: razend (nl)
• Finnish: raivokas, raivoisa
• French: enragé (fr)
• Galician: rabioso, rabiado

• German: wütend (de)
• Italian: arrabbiato (it)
• Portuguese: raivoso (pt), furioso (pt)
• Russian: яростный (ru) (jarostnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: bijesan
• Spanish: rabioso (es)

very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous

• Finnish: kiihkeä (fi)
• German: fanatisch (de)

• Italian: arrabbiato (it)
• Russian: фанатичный (ru) (fanatičnyj), неистовый (ru) (neistovyj)

Quotations

• The rabid flight, Of winds that ruin ships. -- Chapman

Anagrams

• braid