nettle-rash
nettle-rash noun: itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
Noun
nettle-rash (countable and uncountable, plural nettle-rashes)
- Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
- Poor kids. Only troubles wildfire and nettlerash.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 495
- They and their relatives ate peanuts till they were covered in nettle-rash.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 187
Synonyms of nettle-rash
Forms of nettle-rash
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Words formed from nettle-rash
Questions about nettle-rash
- What does nettle-rash mean?
- Nettle-rash means itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
- What part of speech is nettle-rash?
- Nettle-rash is a noun.
- What is the plural of nettle-rash?
- The plural of nettle-rash is nettle-rashes.
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