rash

See also: Rash

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹæʃ/
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  • Rhymes: -æʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English rash, rasch (“hasty, headstrong”), from Old English *ræsc ("rash"; found in derivatives: ræscan (“to move rapidly, flicker, flash, quiver, glitter”), ræscettan (“to crackle, sparkle”), etc.), from Proto-Germanic *raskaz, *raskuz, *raþskaz, *raþskuz (“rash, rapid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ret- (“to run, roll”). Cognate with Dutch rasch, ras (“rash, snell”), Middle Low German rasch (“rash”), German rasch (“rash, swift”), Swedish rask (“brisk, quick, rash”), Icelandic röskur (“strong, vigorous”).

Adjective

rash (comparative rasher, superlative rashest)

  1. Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.
    rash words spoken in the heat of debate
  2. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
  3. (obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
    • Shakespeare
      I scarce have leisure to salute you, / My matter is so rash.
  4. (obsolete) Fast-acting.
    • Shakespeare
      Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder.
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Noun

rash (plural rashes)

  1. (medicine) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.
  2. A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend
    There has been a rash of vandalism lately.
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(A surge in problems): epidemic

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Verb

rash (third-person singular simple present rashes, present participle rashing, simple past and past participle rashed)

  1. (obsolete) To prepare with haste.
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Etymology 2

Compare French ras (“short-nap cloth”), Italian and Spanish raso, satin, or Italian rascia (“serge”), German Rasch, probably from Arras in France.

Noun

rash (uncountable)

  1. An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
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Etymology 3

For arace

Verb

rash (third-person singular simple present rashes, present participle rashing, simple past and past participle rashed)

  1. To pull off or pluck violently.
  2. To slash; to hack; to slice.
    • Spenser
      rashing of helms and riving plates asunder

Further reading

  • rash in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • rash in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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