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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rab•id /ˈræbɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - having irrational, unreasonable, or extreme opinions or practices;
fanatic:[before a noun]a rabid partisan. - raging;
violently intense. - Pathologyaffected with or relating to rabies:a rabid dog.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rab•id (rab′id),USA pronunciation adj. - irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- furious or raging; violently intense:a rabid hunger.
- Pathologyaffected with or pertaining to rabies;
mad.
- Latin rabidus raving, furious, mad, equivalent. to rab(ere) to rave, be mad + -idus -id4
- 1605–15
rab•id•i•ty (rə bid′i tē, ra-),USA pronunciation rab′id•ness, n. rab′id•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged zealous, fervent, ardent, fanatical, bigoted.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rabid /ˈræbɪd ˈreɪ-/ adj - relating to or having rabies
- zealous; fanatical; violent; raging
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin rabidus frenzied, mad, from rabere to be madrabidity /rəˈbɪdɪtɪ/, ˈrabidness n ˈrabidly adv |