Rabid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Rabid	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Rabid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rabid adj of or infected by rabies marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" Synonym(s): fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabid
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.