rancid

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɹænsɪd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adjective edit

rancid (comparative more rancid, superlative most rancid)

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

Usage notes edit

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

Related terms edit

Translations edit

being rank in taste or smell

Bikol Central: mahalan
Bulgarian: гранясал (bg) (granjasal)
Catalan: ranci
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馊 (zh) (sōu)
Czech: žluklý (cs), ztuchlý (cs), smradlavý (cs)
Danish: harsk
Esperanto: ranca
Finnish: eltaantunut, härskiintynyt (fi), härski (fi)
French: rance (fr)
Galician: rancio
German: ranzig (de), garstig (de) (poetic)
Greek: χαλασμένος (el) (chalasménos), ταγκός (el) (tagkós), ξινισμένος (el) (xinisménos)
Hungarian: avas (hu)
Icelandic: þrár (is), þræsinn
Italian: rancido (it)
Latin: rancidus
Malay: basi (ms)
Maori: kūtaitai
Norman: êventé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: harsk

Nynorsk: harsk
Polish: zjełczały (pl)
Portuguese: râncido, ranço (pt), rançoso (pt)
Romanian: rânced (ro)
Russian: проту́хший (ru) (protúxšij), прого́рклый (ru) (progórklyj)
Spanish: rancio (es)
Swedish: härsken (sv)
Tagalog: maanta
Ukrainian: згі́рклий m (zhírklyj), проту́хлий m (protúxlyj)
Walloon: rance (wa), foirt (wa)

rancid — see offensive

Anagrams edit

Cardin, carnid, darcin, dracin