What does "rabid" mean?
Rabid: Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist.
Additional senses
- 2.Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.
- 3.(Med.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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