rabid
adjective/ˈræbɪd/, /ˈreɪbɪd/
/ˈræbɪd/
- [usually before noun] (disapproving) (of a type of person) having very strong feelings about something and acting in an unacceptable way
- rabid fanatics
- the rabid tabloid press
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- [usually before noun] (disapproving) (of feelings or opinions) violent or extreme
- rabid speculation
- (of an animal) having rabies
- a rabid dog
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘furious, madly violent’): from Latin rabidus, from rabere ‘to rave’.
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