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rash
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[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
1350–1400; ME; c. D, G rasch quick, brisk, ON rǫskr brave
Related forms:
rashly, adverb
rashness, noun
Synonyms:
1. hasty, impetuous, reckless, venturous, incautious, precipitate, indiscreet, foolhardy.
1. hasty, impetuous, reckless, venturous, incautious, precipitate, indiscreet, foolhardy.
Antonyms:
1. cautious.
1. cautious.
rash
2 [rash] –noun
| 1. | an eruption or efflorescence on the skin. |
| 2. | a multitude of instances of something occurring more or less during the same period of time: a rash of robberies last month. |
Origin:
1700–10; < F rache (obs.), OF rasche skin eruption, deriv. of raschier to scratch, ult. < L rādere to scratch
1700–10; < F rache (obs.), OF rasche skin eruption, deriv. of raschier to scratch, ult. < L rādere to scratch
Related forms:
rashlike, adjective
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| rash 1 (rāsh) adj. rash·er, rash·est
[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. |
| rash 2 (rāsh) n.
[Possibly from obsolete French rache, a sore, from Old French rasche, scurf, from raschier, to scrape, scratch, from Vulgar Latin *rāsicāre, from Latin rāsus, past participle of rādere; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Rash
Rash\, v. t. [For arace]1. To pull off or pluck violently. [Obs.] 2. To slash; to hack; to slice. [Obs.] Rushing of helms and riving plates asunder. --Spenser.Rash
Rash\, n. [OF. rashe an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr. (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase, and cf. Rascal.] (Med.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation. Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary. Nettle rash. See Urticaria. Rose rash. See Roseola. Tooth rash. See Red-gum.Rash
Rash\, a. [Compar. Rasher; superl. Rashest.] [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. rask quick, brisk, rash, Icel. r["o]skr vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G. rasch quick, of uncertain origin.]1. Sudden in action; quick; hasty. [Obs.] "Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder." --Shak. 2. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. [Obs.] I scarce have leisure to salute you, My matter is so rash. --Shak. 3. Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander. 4. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures. 5. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn. [Prov. Eng.] Syn: Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty; indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless; inconsiderate; unwary. Usage: Rash, Adventurous, Foolhardy. A man is adventurous who incurs risk or hazard from a love of the arduous and the bold. A man is rash who does it from the mere impulse of his feelings, without counting the cost. A man is foolhardy who throws himself into danger in disregard or defiance of the consequences. Was never known a more adventurous knight. --Dryden. Her rush hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat. --Milton. If any yet to be foolhardy To expose themselves to vain jeopardy; If they come wounded off, and lame, No honors got by such a maim. --Hudibras.Rash
Rash\, v. t. To prepare with haste. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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Language Translation for : rash
Spanish:
imprudente,
German:
unbesonnen,
Japanese:
せっかちな
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.
rash (n.)
"red spots on skin," 1709, perhaps from Fr. rache "a sore," from O.Fr. rache "ringworm," from V.L. *rasicare "to scrape" (cf. O.Prov. rascar, Sp. rascar "to scrape, scratch," It. raschina "itch"), from L. rasus "scraped," pp. of radere "to scrape" (see raze). The connecting notion is of itching. Sense of "any sudden outbreak or proliferation" first recorded 1820.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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rash (rāsh)
n.
A skin eruption.
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