rabid
https://gyazo.com/d8da521f364ea4e4a0291553269ae5ab
source: Black Lagoon Gun GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY
adjective
1. having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something:
⦅非難して⦆ 狂信的な, 過激な, 熱烈な〈政治家・愛好者など〉(fanatical)
e.g. the show's small but rabid fan base
e.g. a rabid ideologue
e.g. she's expecting more rabid support from the hometown fans.
2. (of an animal) affected with rabies.
狂犬[恐水]病に感染した〈犬などの動物〉
of or connected with rabies.
DERIVATIVES
rabidity |rəˈbidədē| noun
rabidly |ˈrabədlē| adverb
rabidness noun
ORIGIN
early 17th century (in the sense ‘furious, madly violent’): from Latin rabidus, from rabere ‘to rave’.