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   rancid

   /ˈransɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale: "rancid meat"
   • ▪ highly unpleasant; repugnant: "his columns are just rationales for every kind of rancid prejudice"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin rancidus ‘stinking’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rancidity noun
   • 2. rancidly adverb
   • 3. rancidness noun

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › rancidRancid Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of RANCID is having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition. How to use rancid in a sentence. Did you know?

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   RANCID definition: 1. (of butter, oil, etc.) tasting or smelling unpleasant because of not being fresh 2. (of butter…. Learn more.

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   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.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishRANCID definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   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.

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   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.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › RancidRancid - definition of rancid by The Free Dictionary

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   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.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryRANCID | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   RANCID meaning: 1. (of butter, oil, etc.) tasting or smelling unpleasant because of not being fresh 2. (of butter…. Learn more.