rashly
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adjective, rash·er, rash·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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rash1 (ræʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | acting without due consideration or thought; impetuous |
| 2. | characterized by or resulting from excessive haste or impetuosity: a rash word |
| [C14: from Old High German rasc hurried, clever; related to Old Norse roskr brave] | |
| 'rashly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'rashness1 | |
| —n | |
| rash1 (ræʃ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | acting without due consideration or thought; impetuous |
| 2. | characterized by or resulting from excessive haste or impetuosity: a rash word |
| [C14: from Old High German rasc hurried, clever; related to Old Norse roskr brave] | |
| 'rashly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'rashness1 | |
| —n | |
| rash2 (ræʃ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | pathol any skin eruption |
| 2. | a series of unpleasant and unexpected occurrences: a rash of forest fires |
| [C18: from Old French rasche, from raschier to scratch, from Latin rādere to scrape] | |
| 'rashlike2 | |
| —adj | |
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Etymonline
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
of 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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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
rash (rāsh)
n.
A skin eruption.
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Example sentences
Over the past two decades, environmentalists around the world rashly put all their eggs in the global warming basket.
The candidates rashly pulled their observers when they declared fraud.
The host countries are not rashly constructing facilities to promote walking and bicycling without regard for safety.
Alas, the pair also rashly offered a translation, which proved exactly the opposite.
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