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rash
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)
- Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.
- So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
- (obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
- (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)
- (medicine) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.
- 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)
- (obsolete) To prepare with haste.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Foxe to this entry?)
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)
- 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)
- (obsolete) To pull off or pluck violently.
- (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
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headlong
English
Etymology
From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?dl??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h?dl??/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?h?dl??/
- Rhymes: -?dl??
- Hyphenation: head?long
Adverb
headlong (not comparable)
- With the head first or down.
- With an unrestrained forward motion.
- Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.
- Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation, in haste, hastily
Antonyms
- arselong (UK dialect)
Translations
Adjective
headlong (comparative more headlong, superlative most headlong)
- Precipitous.
- Plunging downwards head foremost.
- Rushing forward without restraint.
- (figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
- 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:
- “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.
- 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:
Derived terms
- headlongness
- headlongs
Translations
Verb
headlong (third-person singular simple present headlongs, present participle headlonging, simple past and past participle headlonged)
- (transitive) To precipitate.
Anagrams
- Hogeland
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