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Rabid

//ˈɹæbɪd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Affected with rabies.

    "a rabid dog or fox"

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

    "a rabid virus"

  3. 3
    Furious; raging; extremely violent. broadly

    "It seems a very likely agreement that the Maestre’s activity against Cabra, at and after Ciudad Real, should be balanced by the service of Aguilar’s brutal underlings in the Rebellion at Fuente Ovejuna." In any event, there were “algunos caballeros (sic) cordobeses a devocién de . . . Rodrigo Girén,” who in 1473 had already proved themselves only too eager for the most rabid violence."

  4. 4
    Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous. figuratively

    "a rabid socialist"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea wordnet
  2. 2
    of or infected by rabies wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A human or animal infected with rabies.
  2. 2
    Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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