rash
$ \mathrm{rash}^1 | raSH |
/icons/point.icon ADVENTUROUS, VENTURESOME, DARING, DAREDEVIL, RASH, RECKLESS, FOOLHARDY mean exposing oneself to danger more than required by good sense.
ADVENTUROUS implies a willingness to accept risks but not necessarily imprudence.
e.g. adventurous pioneers
VENTURESOME implies a jaunty eagerness for perilous undertakings.
e.g. venturesome stunt pilots
DARING implies fearlessness in courting danger.
e.g. daring mountain climbers
DAREDEVIL stresses ostentation in daring.
e.g. daredevil motorcyclists
RASH suggests imprudence and lack of forethought.
e.g. a rash decision
RECKLESS implies heedlessness of probable consequences.
e.g. a reckless driver
FOOLHARDY suggests a recklessness that is inconsistent with good sense.
e.g. the foolhardy sailor ventured into the storm
adjective
displaying or proceeding from a lack of careful consideration of the possible consequences of an action:
〈人･言動などが〉向こう見ずな, 思慮に欠ける, 軽率な
e.g. it would be extremely rash to make such an assumption
e.g. a rash decision.
DERIVATIVES
rashness | ˈraSHnəs | noun
ORIGIN
late Middle English (also in Scots and northern English in the sense ‘nimble, eager’): of Germanic origin; related to German rasch.
$ \mathrm{rash}^2 | raSH |
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noun
an area of reddening of a person's skin, sometimes with raised spots, appearing especially as a result of allergy or illness.
発疹（ほっしん）, 吹き出物; Uかぶれ
a series of things of the same type, especially when unpleasant or undesirable, occurring or appearing one after the other within a short space of time:
｟くだけて｠ ; 〖通例a ～ of A〗 多発するA (!Aは複数名詞)
e.g. a rash of auto accidents.
ORIGIN
early 18th century: probably related to Old French rasche ‘eruptive sores, scurf’; compare with Italian raschia ‘itch’.