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decomposing

English

Verb

decomposing

  1. present participle of decompose

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rancid

English

Etymology

From Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive”), from *rance? (“to stink”) (sense in Middle Latin), from whence also English rancor, in Latin used only in present participle ranc?ns (“stinking”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??æns?d/

Adjective

rancid (comparative more rancid, superlative most rancid)

  1. Rank in taste or smell.
    The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.
  2. Offensive.
    His remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left.

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "rancid" often gets applied: food, butter, meat, milk, fat, oil, smell, odor, taste.

Related terms

  • rancidification
  • rancidly
  • rancidness
  • rancor

Translations

Further reading

  • rancid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • rancid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • rancid at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Cardin, carnid, darcin, dracin

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