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rancid

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ran·cid  (rnsd)
adj.
1. Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank.
2. Repugnant; nasty: rancid remarks.

[Latin rancidus, from rancre, to stink, be rotten.]

ran·cidi·ty, rancid·ness n.

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
Adj.1.rancid - (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"
stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
2.rancid - smelling of fermentation or staleness

rancid
adjective rotten, sour, foul, bad, off, rank, tainted, stale, musty, fetid, putrid, fusty, strong-smelling, frowsty the odour of rancid milk
fresh, pure, undecayed
Translations
rancid [ˈrænsɪd] ADJrancio

rancid [ˈrænsɪd] adjrance
to go rancid → rancir

rancid
adjranzig

rancid [ˈrænsɪd] adjrancido/a
to smell rancid → avere odore di rancido
rancid [ˈrænsɪd] adjrancido/a
to smell rancid → avere odore di rancido

rancid
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


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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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