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rabid

rab·id [ rábbid ]

adjective

Definition:

1. fanatical: very enthusiastic about an idea, belief, or activity, often to the point of being blind to other opinions, beliefs, or preferences

2. intense: feeling or showing an emotion or need extremely intensely

a rabid lust for power

3. violent: marked by ferociousness or violence

4. medicine veterinary medicine having rabies: infected with rabies

[Early 17th century. < Latin rabidus< rabere "rave, be mad"]

ra·bid·i·ty [ rə bíddətee ] noun

rab·id·ly adverb

rab·id·ness noun

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