rancid

English

Etymology

From Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive”), from ranceō (“to stink”) (sense in Middle Latin), from whence also English rancor, in Latin used only in present participle rancens (“stinking”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹænsɪd/

Adjective

rancid (comparative more rancid, superlative most rancid)

  1. Rank in taste or smell.
    The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.
  2. Offensive.
    His remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left.

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "rancid" often gets applied: food, butter, meat, milk, fat, oil, smell, odor, taste.

Translations

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Further reading

  • rancid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • rancid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • rancid at OneLook Dictionary Search

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