Rash Definition
răsh
rashes, rashest, rasher
adjective
rashest, rasher
Too hasty or incautious in acting or speaking; reckless.
Webster's New World
Characterized by too great haste or recklessness.
A rash act.
Webster's New World
Bringing quick results.
Webster's New World
The definition of rash is something done or said too fast.
An example of rash used as an adjective is a rash decision, a decision made without any consideration of the consequences.
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noun
rashes
A visible lesion or group of lesions on the skin, caused by any of numerous factors including infectious agents, drugs, and allergies.
American Heritage Medicine
An eruption of spots on the skin, usually temporary.
Webster's New World
An outbreak of many instances within a brief period.
A rash of burglaries.
American Heritage
A sudden appearance of a large or excessive number of instances.
A rash of complaints.
Webster's New World
Rash is defined as a sudden outbreak of something.
An example of rash is an allergic reaction to poison oak.
An example of rash is a large number of complaints received from neighbors very quickly after a loud party started.
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pronoun
A surname.
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Other Word Forms of Rash
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Singular:
rash
Plural:
rashesAdjective
Origin of Rash
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Possibly from obsolete French rache a sore from Old French rasche scurf from raschier to scrape, scratch from Vulgar Latin rāsicāre from Latin rāsus past participle of rādere rēd- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English rasch active, unrestrained perhaps from Old English -raesc (in līgræsc lightning) or from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German rasch fast
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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