rabid
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A rabid dog with dropping saliva, which is an indicator of rabies.
English
Etymology
From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹæbɪd/, /ˈɹeɪbɪd/
Audio (Southern England); /ˈɹæbɪd/: (file) Audio (Southern England); /ˈɹeɪbɪd/: (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹæbɪd/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æbɪd
Adjective
rabid (comparative rabider, superlative rabidest)
- Affected with rabies.
- Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.
- a rabid virus
- (by extension) Furious; raging; extremely violent.
- (figurative) Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.
- a rabid socialist
- rabid Green Bay Packers fans
Quotations
- 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. , London: Rich Field , for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, , volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, , 1857, →OCLC:
- The rabid flight, Of winds that ruin ships.
Derived terms
Translations
affected with rabies
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of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
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furious; raging; extremely violent
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very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
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Noun
rabid (plural rabids)
- A human or animal infected with rabies.
- Someone who is fanatical in opinion.