rash
I. rash1 (răsh)adj. rash·er, rash·est 1. Characterized by or resulting from ill-considered haste or boldness. See Synonyms at reckless. 2. Archaic. Quick in producing a strong or marked effect. [Middle English rasch, active, unrestrained, perhaps from Old English -raesc(in līgræsc, lightning), or from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German rasch, fast.] rashʹly adv.rashʹness n. II. rash2 (răsh)n. 1. A skin eruption. 2. An outbreak of many instances within a brief period: a rash of burglaries. [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. See rēd- in Indo-European Roots.]
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