rabid

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

of or infected by rabies
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea“rabid isolationist”Synonyms: fanatic fanatical overzealous

Rabid \Rab"id\ (r[a^]b"[i^]d), a. [L. rabidus, from rabere to rave. See Rage, n.]

1.Furious; raging; extremely violent. [1913 Webster]

The rabid flight Of winds that ruin ships.— Chapman.[1913 Webster]

2.Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist. [1913 Webster]

3.Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox. [1913 Webster]

4.(Med.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus. [1913 Webster]