rabid

Definition

Affected with rabies.

Etymology

From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).

Example Sentences

• "a rabid dog or fox"
• "a rabid virus"
• "It seems a very likely agreement that the Maestre’s activity against Cabra, at and after Ciudad Real, should be balanced by the service of Aguilar’s brutal underlings in the Rebellion at Fuente Ovejuna." In any event, there were “algunos caballeros (sic) cordobeses a devocién de . . . Rodrigo Girén,” who in 1473 had already proved themselves only too eager for the most rabid violence."