different between spoilt vs rancid

English

Alternative forms

• spoiled

Pronunciation

• enPR: spoilt, IPA^(key): /sp??lt/

Adjective

spoilt (comparative more spoilt, superlative most spoilt) (UK spelling)

1. (Britain) Having lost its original value
2. Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
3. (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering

Usage notes

• Much less common than spoiled in US.
• About as common as "spoiled" in UK.

Antonyms

• (food): eatable, edible, fresh, good, unspoilt
• (person): unspoilt

Derived terms

• spoilt for choice

Translations

Verb

spoilt

1. simple past tense and past participle of spoil

Anagrams

• pilots, pistol, postil, potlis, sploit

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