rancid
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sɪd adjective
1.
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils: rancid butter.
2.
(of an odor or taste) rank, unpleasant, and stale: a rancid smell.
3.
offensive or nasty; disagreeable.
Related forms
ran·cid·ly, adverb
ran·cid·ness, ran·cid·i·ty, noun
un·ran·cid, adjective
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (of butter, bacon, etc) having an unpleasant stale taste or smell as the result of decomposition |
| 2. | (of a taste or smell) rank or sour; stale |
| [C17: from Latin rancidus rank, from rancēre to stink] | |
| rancidity | |
| —n | |
| 'rancidness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
rancid
1646, from L. rancidus "rank, stinking, offensive," from rancere "be spoiled or rotten," of unknown origin.
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Medical Dictionary
rancid ran·cid (rān'sĭd)
adj.
Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats.
ran·cid'i·ty or ran'cid·ness n.
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Example sentences
The sickly sweet odor of rancid juice boxes, stacked in waist-high bales, made a visitor's eyes water.
Regular corn meal is a whole ground corn meal that is full fat and can become rancid because of the high oil content.
There was a strong smell of coffee grounds, a stink of rancid meat.
When the water was finally gone, every tool, machine and surface was bathed in a toxic mix of used motor oil and rancid mud.
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