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rabid.

Affected with rabies.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɹæbɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹeɪbɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹæbɪd/General-American
  1. Affected with rabies.

    a rabid dog or fox
  2. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

    a rabid virus
  3. Furious; raging; extremely violent.

    broadly
  4. Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

    figuratively
    a rabid socialist
    rabid Green Bay Packers fans
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin rabiō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rabidusbor. English rabid From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).

noun/ˈɹæbɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹeɪbɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹæbɪd/General-American
  1. A human or animal infected with rabies.

  2. Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin rabiō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rabidusbor. English rabid From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).

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