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rabid

adj
/ˈɹæbɪd/UK/ˈɹæbɪd/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin rabiō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rabidusbor. English rabid From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).

  1. borrowed from rabidus

Definitions

  1. Affected with rabies.

    • a rabid dog or fox

  2. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

    • a rabid virus

  3. Furious

    Furious; raging; extremely violent.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion

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

      • a rabid socialist
      • rabid Green Bay Packers fans

    2. A human or animal infected with rabies.

    3. Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rabid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA