ran|cid

ran|cid
ran|cid «RAN sihd», adjective.
1. stale; spoiled: »

rancid butter.

2. tasting or smelling like stale fat or butter: »

a rancid odor.

3. Figurative. nasty; disagreeable; odious: »

He's a rancid fellow (Robert Louis Stevenson).

[< Latin rancidus < rancēre be rank]
ran´cid|ly, adverb.
ran´cid|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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