'Rashest' definitions:

Definition of 'Rashest'

From: GCIDE
  • Rash \Rash\, a. [Compar. Rasher (-[~e]r); superl. Rashest.] [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. rask quick, brisk, rash, Icel. r["o]skr vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G. rasch quick, of uncertain origin.]
  • 1. Sudden in action; quick; hasty. [Obs.] "Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • I scarce have leisure to salute you, My matter is so rash. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty; indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless; inconsiderate; unwary.
  • Usage: Rash, Adventurous, Foolhardy. A man is adventurous who incurs risk or hazard from a love of the arduous and the bold. A man is rash who does it from the mere impulse of his feelings, without counting the cost. A man is foolhardy who throws himself into danger in disregard or defiance of the consequences. [1913 Webster]
  • Was never known a more adventurous knight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • If any yet be so foolhardy To expose themselves to vain jeopardy; If they come wounded off, and lame, No honor's got by such a maim. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]