RABID
What does "RABID" mean?
Infected with rabies, or marked by fanatical, uncontrollable intensity.
Meanings
- Affected by rabies, the deadly viral disease. A rabid raccoon staggered across the yard at midday. technical
- Holding or showing extreme, fanatical enthusiasm or zeal. He has a rabid following of fans who memorize his every lyric.
- Furious, raging, or violently intense. She faced rabid opposition the moment she announced the plan. figurative
Did you know?
- 'Rabid' and 'rage' share one ancestor: both come from Latin 'rabere', to rave - so a rabid fan and a fit of rage are, etymologically, the same kind of madness.
Word origin
From Latin 'rabidus', meaning raging or mad, from 'rabere' (to rave, be mad), the same root that gives 'rabies' and 'rage'.
Remember it
RABID contains RABI(es) plus D - and the same root powers RAge; both are a kind of frenzy.
A little poem
The same hot root grows fan and foam-
devotion, rage, and rabies share one home.
couplet
Wordplay
- I told my friend I was a rabid supporter of his band. He took two steps back and asked if I'd had my shots.
What it teaches
Passion and disease use the same Latin root for a reason - zeal without restraint starts to bite.
Quick facts
What does RABID mean?
Infected with rabies, or marked by fanatical, uncontrollable intensity.
Is RABID a valid word?
Yes — RABID is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is RABID?
RABID has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does RABID come from?
From Latin 'rabidus', meaning raging or mad, from 'rabere' (to rave, be mad), the same root that gives 'rabies' and 'rage'.
What can RABID teach us?
Passion and disease use the same Latin root for a reason - zeal without restraint starts to bite.
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