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rabid |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rabid \Rab"id\, a.[L. rabidus, from rabere to rave. See {Rage}, n.] 1. Furious; raging; extremely violent. The rabid flight Of winds that ruin ships. --Chapman. 2. Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as a rabid socialist. 3. Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as a rabid god or fox. 4. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as rabid virus. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rabid adj : marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: {fanatic}, {fanatical}, {overzealous}]
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