Afflicted with Rabies or extremely violent.
If a wild animal comes up to you it may be rabid. If an animal is foaming at the mouth it may be rabid. If an animal bites you it may be rabid and if it is you probably are also. Go to the hospital.

Rab"id (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 dog or fox.

4. (Med.)

Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.

 

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