rabid
pronunciation
How to pronounce rabid in British English:
UK [ˈræbɪd]
How to pronounce rabid in American English:
US [ˈræbɪd]
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- Adjective:
- marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
Word Origin
- rabid (adj.)
- 1610s, "furious, raving," from Latin rabidus "raging, furious, enraged; inspired; ungoverned; rabid," from rabere "be mad, rave" (see rage (v.)). Meaning "made mad by rabies" in English first recorded 1804. Related: Rabidly; rabidness.
Example
- 1. A rabid indian press is fed by retired military officers and some serving ones .
- 2. I am not as rabid about ' loyalty ' and loyalty programs as I used to be .
- 3. Though less rabid than its former communist allies , congress is still left-leaning and undecided on reform .
- 4. A few rabid nationalists aside , these are not revolutionaries demanding the overthrow of a regime , as in 1917 .
- 5. Rooney was a rabid new york giants football fan whose 50-plus years of season tickets began in a seat behind a pole at the polo grounds .