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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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Word Origin & History
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
EXPANDnotion 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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