different between rash vs aberrant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

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.

2. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
3. (obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
4. (obsolete) Fast-acting.

Synonyms

• brash
• heady
• hotheaded
• impulsive
• inconsiderate
• precipitate

Derived terms

• rashness

Translations

See also

• prudent
• reckless

Etymology 2

Likely from Old French rasche (“rash, scurf”), from Vulgar Latin root *r?sic?re (“to scrape”), from Latin r?sus (“scraped, scratched”), from Latin r?d? (“I scratch, scrape”). More at raze/rase.

Noun

rash (plural rashes)

1. (medicine) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.
2. A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend.

Synonyms

• (a surge in problems): epidemic

Derived terms

Translations

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 3

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.

Etymology 4

For arace

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To pull off or pluck violently.
2. (obsolete) To slash; to hack; to slice.

Further reading

• rash in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• rash in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “rash”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• AHRS, SHRA, Sahr, hars, rahs

English

Etymology

From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + err? (“to wander”). See aberr.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?.?b?.??nt/, /?æ.b?.??nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?b?.??nt/, /?æ.b?.??nt/

Adjective

aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)

1. Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16^th century and the early 17^th century.]
2. (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
3. (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

Synonyms

• (differing from the norm): abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange
• (straying from the right way): devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral
• (deviating from the natural type):

Antonyms

• (differing from the norm): normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal
• (straying from the right way): correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous
• (deviating from the natural type): continuous

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

aberrant (plural aberrants)

1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
2. (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

Synonyms

• (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
• (thing deviating from the natural type):

Translations

References

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.b??rant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.b??ran/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.be?rant/

Adjective

aberrant (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)

1. aberrant
2. (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)

Related terms

• aberració
• aberrància

Further reading

• “aberrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.???/

Adjective

aberrant (feminine singular aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)

1. aberrant, abnormal or anomalous
2. (sciences) which is impossible according to the norms or rules

Related terms

• aberrer

Further reading

• “aberrant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

aberrant (comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)

1. aberrant

Declension

Further reading

• “aberrant” in Duden online

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?ber.rant/, [ä?b?r?än?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?ber.rant/, [??b?r??n?t?]

Verb

aberrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of aberr?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin aberr?ns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberr? (“I wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”) + and from err? (“I wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erz?? (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ers-eh?-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrasjon.

The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab??rant/
• Rhymes: -ant
• Hyphenation: ab?err?ant

Adjective

aberrant (neuter singular aberrant, definite singular and plural aberrante, comparative mer aberrant, superlative mest aberrant)

1. (especially medicine) aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)

Noun

aberrant m (definite singular aberranten, indefinite plural aberranter, definite plural aberrantene)

1. (botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)

References

• “aberrant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “aberrant” in Store norske leksikon