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rancid
[ ran-sid ]
adjective
- having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
rancid butter.
- (of an odor or taste) rank, unpleasant, and stale:
a rancid smell.
- offensive or nasty; disagreeable.
rancid
/ ˈrænsɪd; rænˈsɪdɪtɪ /
adjective
- (of butter, bacon, etc) having an unpleasant stale taste or smell as the result of decomposition
- (of a taste or smell) rank or sour; stale
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Derived Forms
- rancidity, noun
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Other Words From
- rancid·ly adverb
- rancid·ness ran·cidi·ty noun
- un·rancid adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rancid1
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Example Sentences
You know the cartoon segment that used to be in colour in rancid old newspapers?
The workers had to use oxygen tanks to combat the rancid smell of death in temperatures that topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
No, this rancid bill of goods is also being by peddled by Fox News personalities.
Any way you turn, the “hope” Obama has promised is turning rancid, writes Stuart Stevens.
I will be happy if events prove me too pessimistic, but the political atmosphere in Washington is rancid.
The Bradfords found that the skin was full of a strong—almost rancid—oil, but the flesh, though rather flavorless, was not bad.
Truffaldino brought him the vessel, examined the expectoration, and found in it a mass of rancid rotten rhymes.
The steward supplied each mess with a daily allowance of biscuit, pork or beef, and rancid butter.
It is generally a greasy stew of mutton, soaked with rancid butter and saffron, and seasoned with asafoetida.
The English girl had milk with her coffee and some slices of bread spread with rancid butter.
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