Definitions for: Rash


[n] a series of unexpected unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies"
[n] any red eruption of the skin
[adj] marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb the World Trade Center"
[adj] imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith



Webster (1913) Definition: Rash, v. t. [For arace]
1. To pull off or pluck violently. [Obs.]

2. To slash; to hack; to slice. [Obs.]

Rushing of helms and riving plates asunder.
--Spenser.


Rash, n. [OF. rashe an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr.
(assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to
scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase, and cf. Rascal.] (Med.)
A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or
no elevation.

Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary.

Nettle rash. See Urticaria.

Rose rash. See Roseola.

Tooth rash. See Red-gum.


Rash, n. [Cf. F. ras short-nap cloth, It. & Sp. raso
satin (cf. Rase); or cf. It. rascia serge, G. rasch,
probably fr. Arras in France (cf. Arras).]
An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
[Obs.] --Donne.


Rash, a. [Compar. Rasher; superl. Rashest.] [Probably
of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. rask quick, brisk, rash,
Icel. r["o]skr vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G. rasch quick,
of uncertain origin.]
1. Sudden in action; quick; hasty. [Obs.] ``Strong as
aconitum or rash gunpowder.'' --Shak.

2. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. [Obs.]

I scarce have leisure to salute you, My matter is so
rash. --Shak.

3. Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate;
resolving or entering on a project or measure without due
deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of
persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.

4. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little
reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.

5. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
[Prov. Eng.]

Syn: Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty;
indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless;
inconsiderate; unwary.

Usage: Rash, Adventurous, Foolhardy. A man is
adventurous who incurs risk or hazard from a love of
the arduous and the bold. A man is rash who does it
from the mere impulse of his feelings, without
counting the cost. A man is foolhardy who throws
himself into danger in disregard or defiance of the
consequences.

Was never known a more adventurous knight.
--Dryden.

Her rush hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the
fruit, she plucked, she eat. --Milton.

If any yet to be foolhardy To expose themselves
to vain jeopardy; If they come wounded off, and
lame, No honors got by such a maim. --Hudibras.


Rash, v. t.
To prepare with haste. [Obs.] --Foxe.

Synonyms: bold, efflorescence, foolhardy, imprudent, reckless, roseola, skin rash

See Also: eruption, heat rash, hives, miliaria, nettle rash, prickly heat, series, urticaria, urtication

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