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Synonyms
rash1 (răsh)

[Middle English rasch, active, unrestrained, perhaps from Old English -raesc (in līgræsc, lightning), or from Middle Dutch, or Middle Low German rasch, fast.]

adjective: 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.

derivatives

rash́ly
adverb
rash́ness
noun
rash2 (răsh)

[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.]

noun 

  1. A skin eruption.
  2. An outbreak of many instances within a brief period: a rash of burglaries.