rabid

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  1. adjective Of or affected by rabies.
  2. adjective Raging; uncontrollable: rabid thirst.
  3. adjective Extremely zealous or enthusiastic; fanatical: a rabid football fan.

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  • Disease is the new weapon of mass destruction Neddy Nelson: Why do you think every political radical gets “diagnosed” as rabid, then locked up until his inevitable death is announced?
  • The bobcat's aggressive behavior and physical condition had led health officials to suspect the animal was rabid, and tests on the animal killed by Womack were positive for the disease. —  Latest News - UPI.com
  • It's the rabid, blood-thirsty Hamas killers, elected by Gazans, who launch death-rockets, and mortar bombs. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Back in the day I was a rabid (psychotic) Amiga fan / user. —  doggdot.us
  • As someone who grew up as a rabid fan of the New York Mets, I watched countless afternoon games between the Cubs and Mets on WOR-TV in New York as a child. —  FanHouse
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin rabidus, from rabere, to rave.

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  1. = Old French rabi, rabit = Spanish rábido = Portuguese Italian rabido, from Latin rabidus, mad, furious, from rabere, be mad, rage: see rabies, and cf. rage, n.
 

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