rabid

English

/ˈɹæbɪd/, /ˈɹæbɪd/

adj

Definitions

Affected with rabies.
Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.
Furious; raging; extremely violent.
Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rabidus (fierce, furious).

Origin

Latin

rabidus

Gloss

fierce, furious

Timeline

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Cognates and derived terms

nonrabid English
rabidity English
rabidly English
rabidness English
rabidus Latin
rabiō Latin
rabider Middle French
rabî Emilian