rash
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English rash, rasch (“hasty, headstrong”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
rash (comparative rasher, superlative rashest)
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Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
hasty
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Noun [edit]
Wikipedia rash (plural rashes)
- (medicine) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.
- A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend
- There has been a rash of vandalism lately.
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(A surge in problems): epidemic
Translations [edit]
of skin
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surge in problems
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Verb [edit]
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?)
External links [edit]
- rash in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rash in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911