\Rab"id\, a.[L. 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 god or fox.
4. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as,
   rabid virus.