— rabidity /reuh bid"i tee, ra-/ , rabidness , n. — rabidly , adv.
/rab"id/ , adj.
1. irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
2. furious or raging; violently intense: a rabid hunger.
3. affected with or pertaining to rabies; mad.
[ 1605-15; rabidus raving, furious, mad, equiv. to rab ( ere ) to rave, be mad + -idus -ID 4 ]
Syn. 1. zealous, fervent, ardent, fanatical, bigoted.