Definitions for rabidˈræb ɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

rab•idˈræb ɪd(adj.)

  1. irrationally extreme in opinion or practice.

  2. furious or raging; violently intense.

  3. affected with or pertaining to rabies:

    a rabid dog.

    Category: Pathology

Origin of rabid:

1605–15; < L rabidus raging, rabid <rabere to rave

rab′id•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. rabid(adj)

    of or infected by rabies

  2. fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabid(adj)

    marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

    "rabid isolationist"

Wiktionary

  1. rabid(Adjective)

    Affected with rabies.

    a rabid dog or fox

  2. rabid(Adjective)

    Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

    a rabid virus

  3. rabid(Adjective)

    Furious; raging; extremely violent.

  4. rabid(Adjective)

    very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; comparable to one with rabies.

  5. Origin: From the Latin rabidus, from rabere, or to rave.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rabid(noun)

    furious; raging; extremely violent

  2. Rabid(noun)

    extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist

  3. Rabid(noun)

    affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox

  4. Rabid(noun)

    of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus


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