different between abhorrence vs rancour

English

Etymology

abhor +? -ence

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?h??.n?s/, /?b?h??.n?ts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?h??.n?s/, /?b?h??.n?ts/, /?b?h??.n?s/, /?b?h??.n?ts/

Noun

abhorrence (countable and uncountable, plural abhorrences)

1. Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17^th century.]
2. (obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II. [Late 17^th century.]
3. A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing. [Mid 18^th century.]

Synonyms

• abhorrition

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Translations

References

English

Etymology

First attested as Middle English rancour in the early 13th century, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from *rance? (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), from which also English rancid.

Noun

rancour (countable and uncountable, plural rancours)

1. Britain and Canada spelling of rancor

References

• rancour in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rankor, rauncour, rancor, rankowre, rancur, rankour

Etymology

From Old French rancor, from Latin rancor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ran?ku?r/, /?rankur/
• (Late ME) IPA^(key): /?rank?r/

Noun

rancour

1. Jealousy, ire, towards someone; rancour (also as a metaphorical figure)
2. (rare) Rancidity; something which smells vile.
3. (rare) A belief that one is engaging in wrongdoing.

Descendants

• English: rancour, rancor
• Scots: rancour

References

• “ranc?ur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-30.

Old French

Noun

rancour f (oblique plural rancours, nominative singular rancour, nominative plural rancours)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of rancur

   il se douterent qe nous eussiens conceu vers eux rancour & indignacion