'Rabid' definitions:

Definition of 'rabid'

From: WordNet
adjective
Of or infected by rabies
adjective
Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabid]

Definition of 'Rabid'

From: GCIDE
  • Rabid \Rab"id\ (r[a^]b"[i^]d), a. [L. rabidus, from rabere to rave. See Rage, n.]
  • 1. Furious; raging; extremely violent. [1913 Webster]
  • The rabid flight Of winds that ruin ships. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus. [1913 Webster]

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