See Also: rabid(medicine)
rabid(dictionary)
rabid(dictionary)

rabid (iou)



rabid adjective. E17.
[Latin rabidus, from rabere be mad: see -ID1.]
Furious, raging; madly violent in nature or behaviour. E17.
R. Graves Honest men sleeping Start awake with rabid eyes, Bone-chilled, flesh creeping. Health Express I..cannot stop feeling this rabid hunger.
Of a person: that is something to an unreasoning extent; fanatical. E19.
C. Lamb: B. was a rabid pedant. R. Campbell Those strapping girls whose love..Would make a rabid Mormon of a priest.
Affected with rabies; pertaining to or of the nature of rabies. E19.
ra'bidity noun M19.
rabidly adverb L19.
rabidness noun M17.