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rashy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹæʃi/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From rash + -y.

Meanings

1. Exhibiting a rash.
   • “What is this dry, rashy patch on my neck?” 2008 June 29, Virginia Heffernan, “The Oracle Collective”, in New York Times:
2. Mixed or layered with impurities.
   • rashy gravel 1743, William Ellis, The Modern Husbandman:
   • “Other coals are rashy, being interspersed or interbedded with shales and clays, causing them to come off the face in slabs and blocks....” 1983 December 6, "Robert C. Nelson", "Feeder/crusher machine", US Patent 4418872:

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rashy en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹæʃi/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of rashie (“rash guard”)
   alt of rashie
   • "As far as we can tell, Darcy took a cream Malibu surfboard with him to One Tree at Wooli and went for a surf in very small swell some time around 4pm. We think he was wearing a dark rashy." 2025 July 10, Rafqa Touma, “‘One in a million’: teen surfer found on remote island 14km off Australian coast”, in The Guardian:

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