Rancid

[Ran·cid]

Rancid means sour, rotten, and nasty and refers most specifically to the sharp bad smell of decomposing oils or fats. "Rancid" is a great name for a post punk band, but a lousy way to describe the sauce on your eggs Benedict.

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Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.

Adjective S.
smelling of fermentation or staleness

Adjective S.
used of decomposing oils or fats; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"


a.
Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.


Rancid

Ran"cid , a. [L. rancidus, fr. rancere to be rancid or rank.] Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.

Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.

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