RABID

fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabid

(adjective) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; “rabid isolationist”

rabid

(adjective) of or infected by rabies

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

rabid (comparative rabider, superlative rabidest)

Affected with rabies.

Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

Furious; raging; extremely violent.

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

Noun

rabid (plural rabids)

A human or animal infected with rabies.

Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

Anagrams

• Baird, bidar, braid

Source: Wiktionary


Rab"id (rab"id), a. [L. rabidus, from rabere to rave. See Rage, n.]

1. Furious; raging; extremely violent.

The rabid flight Of winds that ruin ships. Chapman.

2. Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist.

3. Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.

4. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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