Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rabid

Rabid (rab"id) , adjective

[Latin rabidus, from rabere to rave. See Rage, n.]

1.
Furious; raging; extremely violent.
The rabid flight Of winds that ruin ships. — Chapman
2.
Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist.
3.
Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.
4.
(Medicine) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.