rabid /ˈrabəd, , ˈræbəd 
, ˈrābəd, ˈreɪbəd / ▸ adjective 1 having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something: the show's small but rabid fan base
a rabid ideologue
she's expecting more rabid support from the hometown fans.
2 (of an animal) affected with rabies: her mother was bitten by a rabid dog.
▪ of or connected with rabies.
– DERIVATIVES rabidity /rəˈbidədē, rəˈbɪdədi/ noun,rabidly /ˈrabədlē, ˈræbədli/ adverb,rabidness – ORIGIN early 17th century (in the sense ‘furious, madly violent’): from Latin rabidus, from rabere ‘to rave’.
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