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rash

1[rash]
–adjective -er, -est.
1. acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
2. characterized by or showing too great haste or lack of consideration: rash promises.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; c. D, G rasch quick, brisk, ON rǫskr brave


rashly, adverb
rashness, noun


1. hasty, impetuous, reckless, venturous, incautious, precipitate, indiscreet, foolhardy.


1. cautious.
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rash 1   (rāsh)   
adj.   rash·er, rash·est
  1. Characterized by or resulting from ill-considered haste or boldness. See Synonyms at reckless.

  2. Archaic Quick in producing a strong or marked effect.


[Middle English rasch, active, unrestrained, perhaps from Old English -raesc (in līgræsc, lightning) or from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German rasch, fast.]
rash'ly adv., rash'ness n.
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Word Origin & History

rash  (adj.)
c.1300, "nimble, quick, vigorous," a Scottish and northern word, perhaps from O.E. -ræsc (cf. ligræsc "flash of lightning"), from P.Gmc. *raskuz (cf. M.L.G. rasch, M.Du. rasc "quick, swift," Ger. rasch "quick, fast"). Related to O.E. horsc "quick-witted." Sense of "reckless, impetuous, heedless of consequences" is attested from 1509.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: rash
Pronunciation: 'rash
Function: noun
: an eruption on the body typically with little or no elevation above the surface
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Medical Dictionary

rash (rāsh)
n.
A skin eruption.

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