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rabid

[ rab-id ]

adjective

  1. irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:

    a rabid isolationist;

    a rabid baseball fan.

    Synonyms: bigoted, fanatical, ardent, fervent, zealous

  2. furious or raging; violently intense:

    a rabid hunger.

  3. affected with or pertaining to rabies; mad.


rabid

/ ˈreɪ-; ˈræbɪd; rəˈbɪdɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. relating to or having rabies
  2. zealous; fanatical; violent; raging
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • rabidity, noun
  • ˈrabidly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • rab·id·i·ty [r, uh, -, bid, -i-tee, ra-], rabid·ness noun
  • rabid·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rabid1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin rabidus “raving, furious, mad,” from rab(ere) “to rave, be mad” + -idus -id 4
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rabid1

C17: from Latin rabidus frenzied, mad, from rabere to be mad
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Example Sentences

A Fresno County woman died after being bitten by a rabid bat in the middle school classroom where she taught art, according to public health officials and published reports.

During their two-night run at the Fonda, the dance floor was filled with young fans whom Taylor happily describes as “young frothers, just frothing about life, like rabid frothing,” she says with a laugh.

Jones adds that each day he will see more people tattooing the characters' faces on their body, explaining "this is a rabid fan base".

From BBC

In that speech, Obama painted Trump — who was pushing the lie that Obama was not a natural born citizen of the United States — as a rabid conspiracist.

From Salon

All of this disinformation Trump’s inner circle produces is pushed out as misinformation by Trump’s cult and the rabid followers who wish to make bank off of the lunacy.

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