different between rancid vs rancidify

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

English

Etymology

rancid +? -ify

Verb

rancidify (third-person singular simple present rancidifies, present participle rancidifying, simple past and past participle rancidified)

1. To make or become rancid.

Derived terms

• rancidification