rashとは

語源 1

From Middle English rash, rasch (“hasty, headstrong”), from 古期英語 *ræsc ("rash"; found in derivatives: ræscan (“to move rapidly, flicker, flash, quiver, glitter”), ræscettan (“to crackle, sparkle”), etc.), from Proto-Germanic *raskaz, *raskuz, *raþskaz, *raþskuz (“rash, rapid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ret- (“to run, roll”). Cognate with Dutch rasch, ras (“rash, snell”), Middle Low German rasch (“rash”), German rasch (“rash, swift”), Swedish rask (“brisk, quick, rash”), Icelandic röskur (“strong, vigorous”).

形容詞

rash (comparative rasher, superlative rashest)

1. Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.

   rash words spoken in the heat of debate

2. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
3. (obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
   • Shakespeare

     I scarce have leisure to salute you, / My matter is so rash.

4. (obsolete) Fast-acting.
   • Shakespeare

     Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder.

同意語

• brash
• heady
• hotheaded
• impulsive
• inconsiderate
• precipitate

派生語

• rashness

名詞

rash (複数形 rashes)

1. (medicine) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.
2. A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend

   There has been a rash of vandalism lately.

同意語

(A surge in problems): epidemic

派生語

参考

• prudent
• reckless

動詞

rash (三人称単数 現在形 rashes, 現在分詞 rashing, 過去形および過去分詞形 rashed)

1. (obsolete) To prepare with haste.

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語源 2

Compare French ras (“short-nap cloth”), Italian and Spanish raso, satin, or Italian rascia (“serge”), German Rasch, probably from Arras in France.

名詞

rash (uncountable)

1. An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

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語源 3

For arace

動詞

rash (三人称単数 現在形 rashes, 現在分詞 rashing, 過去形および過去分詞形 rashed)

1. (obsolete) To pull off or pluck violently.
2. (obsolete) To slash; to hack; to slice.
   • Edmund Spenser

     rashing of helms and riving plates asunder

Further reading

• rash in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• rash in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• AHRS, SHRA, Sahr, hars, rahs