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rabid

[ rab-id ]
/ ˈræb ɪd /
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adjective
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
furious or raging; violently intense: a rabid hunger.
affected with or pertaining to rabies; mad.
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Origin of rabid

1605–15; <Latin rabidus raving, furious, mad, equivalent to rab(ere) to rave, be mad + -idus-id4

OTHER WORDS FROM rabid

rab·id·i·ty [ruh-bid-i-tee, ra-], /rəˈbɪd ɪ ti, ræ-/, rab·id·ness, nounrab·id·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for rabid

rabid
/ (ˈræbɪd, ˈreɪ-) /

adjective
relating to or having rabies
zealous; fanatical; violent; raging

Derived forms of rabid

rabidity (rəˈbɪdɪtɪ) or rabidness, nounrabidly, adverb

Word Origin for rabid

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