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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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