rash
pronunciation
How to pronounce rash in British English:
UK [ræʃ]
How to pronounce rash in American English:
US [ræʃ]
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- Noun:
- any red eruption of the skin
- a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
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- Adjective:
- imprudently incurring risk
- marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences
Word Origin
- rash
- rash: English has two words rash. The older, ‘impetuous’ [14], probably comes from an unrecorded Old English *ræsc, which together with its relatives German rasch ‘quick’ and Swedish rask ‘active, vigorous’ goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *raskuz. This was probably derived from the same base as produced English rather, which originally meant ‘more quickly’. Rash ‘skin condition’ [18] may have been borrowed from the now obsolete French rache, a descendant of Old French rasche, whose Old Northern French counterpart *rasque is the possible source of English rascal.=> rather; rascal
- rash (adj.)
- late 14c., "nimble, quick, vigorous" (early 14c. as a surname), a Scottish and northern word, perhaps from Old English -ræsc (as in ligræsc "flash of lightning") or one of its Germanic cognates, from Proto-Germanic *raskuz (cognates: Middle Low German rasch, Middle Dutch rasc "quick, swift," German rasch "quick, fast"). Related to Old English horsc "quick-witted." Sense of "reckless, impetuous, heedless of consequences" is attested from c. 1500. Related: Rashly; rashness.
- rash (n.)
- "eruption of small red spots on skin," 1709, perhaps from French rache "a sore" (Old French rasche "rash, scurf"), from Vulgar Latin *rasicare "to scrape" (also source of Old Provençal rascar, Spanish rascar "to scrape, scratch," Italian raschina "itch"), from Latin rasus "scraped," past participle of radere "to scrape" (see raze). The connecting notion would be of itching. Figurative sense of "any sudden outbreak or proliferation" first recorded 1820.
Example
- 1. You may have an allergic rash .
- 2. The rash morphology progresses from papules to pustules and finally to crusting lesions .
- 3. The rash begins as multiple small red bumps that look like pimples or insect bites .
- 4. When he lifts his shirt I can see his stomach and neck are covered in the telltale rash .
- 5. Spermicide may increase the risk of urinary tract infections and cause vaginal irritation - sometimes resulting in burning , itching or a rash .