rabid

rab-id · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Affected with rabies; having the disease rabies.

  2. 2.

    Extremely zealous or enthusiastic to an excessive degree; fanatical.

Related words

Antonyms: calm, moderate, rational
See also: fanatical, rabies, zealous
Synonyms: extreme, fanatical, fervent

Etymology

From Latin rabidus (raging, mad), from rabere (to rave, be mad).