rancid

Etymology

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”).

adj

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

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