rancor

Alternative forms

• rancour (Commonwealth)

Etymology

Early 13th century, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from ranceō (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), from which also English rancid.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæŋ.kɚ/
• Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ)
• Homophone: ranker

Noun

rancor (countable and uncountable, plural rancors)

1. The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

   I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he challenged me to a fight.

References

• rancor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Carron, Cranor

Noun

rancor m (plural rancores)

1. rancor (the deepest malignity or spite)

Etymology

ranc(eō) (“I am rotten, putrid”) +‎ -or (“-ness”, abstract noun suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈran.kor/, [ˈraŋ.kɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈran.kor/, [ˈraŋ.kor]

Noun

rancor m (genitive rancōris); third declension (Late Latin)

1. rancidity, stench, rankness
2. grudge, rancor

References

• rancor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rancor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rancor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Alternative forms

• rancour
• rancueur

Noun

rancor f (oblique plural rancors, nominative singular rancor, nominative plural rancors)

1. ill-will; negative opinion or intention

Etymology

From Latin rancor (“rancor; putridity”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃.ˈkoɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃.ˈkoʁ/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): [ʁɐ̃.ˈkoɹ], [-ɾ]
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [hɐ̃.ˈkoɻ], [-ɾ]
• Hyphenation: ran‧cor

Noun

rancor m (plural rancores)

1. (usually uncountable) rancor; grudge (deep seated animosity)

   Ainda guardamos rancor pelo que fizeram conosco.

   We still hold a grudge for what you did to us.

   Synonyms: odiosidade, ressentimento