rabid

Definitions


[ˈreɪbɪd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something
(e.g: the show's small but rabid fan base)

- (of an animal) affected with rabies
(e.g: her mother was bitten by a rabid dog)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘furious, madly violent’): from Latin rabidus, from rabere ‘to rave’




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