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- Dictionaryrancid/ˈransɪd/
adjective
- 1. (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale: "rancid meat"
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1. : having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition. rancid butter. rancid breath. 2. : distinctly unpleasant or distasteful : offensive. a rancid sexual scandal. Without free speech, even in its most rancid forms, we may have nothing to choose at night but old movies and "Heeeeeeeere's Johnny!" Richard Corliss.
RANCID definition: 1. (of butter, oil, etc.) tasting or smelling unpleasant because of not being fresh 2. (of butter…. Learn more.
Rancid definition: having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils. See examples of RANCID used in a sentence.
If butter, bacon, or other oily foods are rancid, they have gone bad and taste old and unpleasant. Butter is perishable and can go rancid. ...the odour of rancid milk.
RANCID meaning: 1. (of butter, oil, etc.) tasting or smelling unpleasant because of not being fresh 2. (of butter…. Learn more.
Rancid means sour, rotten, and nasty and refers most specifically to the sharp bad smell of decomposing oils or fats. "Rancid" is a great name for a post-punk band, but a lousy way to describe the sauce on your eggs Benedict.
if food containing fat is rancid, it tastes or smells unpleasant because it is no longer fresh. rancid butter; Butter soon goes/turns (= becomes) rancid in this heat. There was a rancid smell coming from the kitchen.
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, ˈrancidness n.
Rancid definition: having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils. See examples of RANCID used in a sentence.
Rancid definition: Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank.
