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rab⋅id

[rab-id]
–adjective
1. irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
2. furious or raging; violently intense: a rabid hunger.
3. affected with or pertaining to rabies; mad.

Origin:
1605–15; < L rabidus raving, furious, mad, equiv. to rab(ere) to rave, be mad + -idus -id 4


rab⋅id⋅i⋅ty [ruh-bid-i-tee, ra-] , rab⋅id⋅ness, noun
rab⋅id⋅ly, adverb


1. zealous, fervent, ardent, fanatical, bigoted.
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rab·id   (rāb'ĭd)   
adj.  
  1. Of or affected by rabies.

  2. Raging; uncontrollable: rabid thirst.

  3. Extremely zealous or enthusiastic; fanatical: a rabid football fan.


[Latin rabidus, from rabere, to rave.]
ra·bid'i·ty (rə-bĭd'ĭ-tē, rā-), rab'id·ness (rāb'ĭd-nĭs) n., rab'id·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

rabid 
1611, "furious, raving," from L. rabidus, from rabere "be mad, rave" (see rage). Meaning "made mad by rabies" first recorded 1804.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ra·bid
Pronunciation: 'rab-&d also 'rA-b&d
Function: adjective
: affected with rabies rabid dog>
Medical Dictionary

rabid rab·id (rāb'ĭd)
adj.
Of or affected by rabies.

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