Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Rashness
rashness, n. [Origin uncertain; perhaps OE *ræsc.]
Harshness; violence; torture; callousness; cruelty; heartless acts; unthinkable brutality; [fig.] wounds, bleeding, stripes, lash marks, and other physical traumas of Christ's crucifixion.
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