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rancid [ˈrænsɪd] 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 [from Latin rancidus rank, from rancēre to stink] rancidity [rænˈsɪdɪtɪ], rancidness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
rancid Translations rancid adj → ranzig rancid [ˈrænsɪd] adj → rancido/a to smell rancid → avere odore di rancido rancid [ˈrænsɪd] adj → rancido/a to smell rancid → avere odore di rancido adj rancid [ˈrӕnsid] (of food, especially butter) tasting or smelling bad. frank زَنِخ гранясал žluklý, zkažený harsk ranzig χαλασμένος (για τρόφιμο) rancio rääsunud härski rance מְעוּפָּש दुर्गन्ध युक्त pokvaren, užežen avas basi þrár rancido 悪臭のする 고약한 냄새(맛)가 나는 gaižus, sušvinkęs sasmacis tengik ranzig harsk zjełczały rançoso rânced прогорклый zažltnutý, odporný, nechutný žarek pokvaren härsken (กลิ่นหรือรส) บูด kokmuş, eskimiş, bozulmuş (食物,尤指奶油)腐敗的 згірклий, протухлий بد بو دار bị ôi (食品)腐败的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It consisted of a soup of salted water, seasoned with pepper and rancid oil. (this last term is, I believe, purely ---shire, and alludes to the horn of black, rancid whale-oil, usually to be seen suspended to cart-wheels, and employed for greasing the same. Some of the natives had really climbed the baobab, and now they were seen rising on all sides, winding along the boughs like reptiles, and advancing slowly but surely, all the time plainly enough discernible, not merely to the eye but to the nostrils, by the horrible odors of the rancid grease with which they bedaub their bodies. |
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