different between avid vs rabid

English

Etymology

From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from ave? (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æv?d/, /æv?d/

Adjective

avid (comparative more avid or (less commonly) avider, superlative most avid or (less commonly) avidest)

1. enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something

Derived terms

• avidly
• avidity
• avidness

Translations

Anagrams

• AIVD, Adiv, Vida, diva

Romanian

Etymology

From French avide, Latin avidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.vid]

Adjective

avid m or n (feminine singular avid?, masculine plural avizi, feminine and neuter plural avide)

1. avid, eager, desirous
2. greedy, grasping

Declension

Related terms

• aviditate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??æb?d/, /??e?b?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??æb?d/
• Rhymes: -æb?d

Adjective

rabid (comparative rabider, superlative rabidest)

1. Affected with rabies.

2. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

3. Furious; raging; extremely violent.
4. Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

Quotations

Translations

Noun

rabid (plural rabids)

1. A human or animal infected with rabies.
2. Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

Anagrams

• Baird, bidar, braid