Votary hes eccentric and rash (9)
I believe the answer is:
overhasty
'rash' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'votary hes eccentric' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' indicates an anagram.
'votary'+'hes'='votaryhes'
'votaryhes' is an anagram of 'OVERHASTY'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for overhasty that I've seen before include "not looking before leaping" , "too impulsive" , "Rash; too fast" , "Too hurried" , "Too quick" .)