rashness

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adjective, rash·er, rash·est.

acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.

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

Related forms

rash·ly, adverb

rash·ness, noun

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

Antonyms
1. cautious.

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World English Dictionary

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

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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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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Medical Dictionary

rash (rāsh)
n.
A skin eruption.

Example sentences

They are brave to rashness, and will endure with patience any amount of

exposure and suffering to accomplish their end.

The good spirit of our life has no heaven which is the price of rashness.

Ken admired the narrator's determination and rashness.

And yet aggressive measures in the present condition of the squadron seemed to

border on rashness.

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