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   rab·id

   /ˈrabəd/

   adjective

   • 1. having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something: "the show's small but rabid fan base" Similar extremefanaticaloverzealousover-enthusiasticextremistviolentmaniacalwildpassionateferventdieharduncompromisingintolerantunreasonableilliberalbigotedprejudicedbiasedpartisanone-sidedinformal:ravinggung-hoswivel-eyedliterary:perfervidOpposite moderateliberalhalfhearted
   • 2. (of an animal) affected with rabies: "her mother was bitten by a rabid dog" Similar rabies-infectedmadfoaming at the mouthhydrophobic
   • ▪ of or connected with rabies.

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘furious, madly violent’): from Latin rabidus, from rabere ‘to rave’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rabidity noun
   • 2. rabidly adverb
   • 3. rabidness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • R

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   • A

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   • B

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   • I

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   • D

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