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RABID
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
Example:
rabid isolationist
Synonyms:
fanatic; fanatical; overzealous; rabid
Classified under:
Similar:
passionate (having or expressing strong emotions)
Derivation:
rabidity (unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm)
rabidly (in an extreme or fanatical manner)
rabidness (unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or infected by rabies
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
rabies (an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain)
Derivation:
rabidly (in the manner of an animal with rabies)
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