About The Word Rabid
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Rabid
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What's The Definition Of Rabid?
[adj] marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Rabid: fanatic | fanatical | overzealous | passionate Related Terms | Find terms related to Rabid: See Also | Rabid In Webster's Dictionary \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 god or fox.
4. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as,
rabid virus.
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