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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; Middle English; cognate with Dutch, German rasch quick, brisk, Old Norse rǫskr brave
1350–1400; Middle English; cognate with Dutch, German rasch quick, brisk, Old Norse rǫskr brave
Related forms
rash·ly, adverb
rash·ness, 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.
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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; < French rache (obsolete), Old French rasche skin eruption, derivative of raschier to scratch, ultimately < Latin rādere to scratch
1700–10; < French rache (obsolete), Old French rasche skin eruption, derivative of raschier to scratch, ultimately < Latin rādere to scratch
Related forms
rash·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
rash
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
EXPANDof consequences" is attested from 1509.
rash
"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.
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Medical Dictionary
rash (rāsh)
n.
A skin eruption.
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