rabid

rabid

English

Etymology

From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæbɪd/, /ˈɹeɪbɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæbɪd/
• Rhymes: -æbɪd

Adjective

rabid (comparative rabider, superlative rabidest)

1. Affected with rabies.

   a rabid dog or fox

2. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

   a rabid virus

3. Furious; raging; extremely violent.
4. Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

   a rabid socialist

   rabid Green Bay Packers fans

Quotations

• The rabid flight, Of winds that ruin ships. -- Chapman

Translations

affected with rabies

Armenian: կատաղի (hy) (katałi) Asturian: rabiosu Catalan: rabiós Czech: vzteklý Finnish: raivotautinen (fi), vesikauhuinen French: enragé (fr) m Galician: rabioso, doente (gl) m or f German: tollwütig Greek: λυσσασμένος (el) m (lyssasménos) Hungarian: veszett

Italian: arrabbiato (it), rabbioso (it) m Malay: gila Mongolian: галзуу (mn) (galzuu) Portuguese: raivoso (pt) Romanian: turbat (ro) Russian: бе́шеный (ru) (béšenyj) Slovene: stekel (sl) Southern Altai: јӱӱлгек (cüülgek) Spanish: rabioso (es)

of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia

Armenian: կատաղի (hy) (katałi) Asturian: rabiosu Catalan: rabiós Finnish: raivotautinen (fi), vesikauhuinen, raivotauti-, vesikauhu-

German: Tollwut- (de) f Greek: λυσσώδης (el) m or f (lyssódis) Italian: arrabbiato (it) Mongolian: галзуу (mn) (galzuu)

furious; raging; extremely violent

Armenian: կատաղի (hy) (katałi) Asturian: rabiosu, rabiáu Catalan: rabiós Dutch: razend (nl) Emilian: rabî Finnish: raivokas (fi), raivoisa (fi) French: enragé (fr) Galician: rabioso, rabiado, doente (gl) m or f

German: wütend (de) Greek: λυσσαλέος (el) m (lyssaléos), μαινόμενος (el) m (mainómenos) Italian: arrabbiato (it) Portuguese: raivoso (pt), furioso (pt) Russian: я́ростный (ru) (járostnyj), бе́шеный (ru) (béšenyj), неи́стовый (ru) (neístovyj), взбеси́вшийся (ru) (vzbesívšijsja) Serbo-Croatian: bijesan (sh) Spanish: rabioso (es)

very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous

Armenian: կատաղի (hy) (katałi) Emilian: rabî Finnish: kiihkeä (fi) German: fanatisch (de)

Greek: φανατικός (el) m (fanatikós), μανιώδης (el) m or f (maniódis) Italian: arrabbiato (it) Russian: фанати́чный (ru) (fanatíčnyj), неи́стовый (ru) (neístovyj), я́ростный (ru) (járostnyj)

Noun

rabid (plural rabids)

1. A human or animal infected with rabies.
2. Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

Anagrams

• Baird, bidar, braid