rancid
Rank in taste or smellRank in taste or smell.
» The milk is rancid.
Meaning
2 sensesRank in taste or smell.
The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.
ranzig, garstig
проту́хшийprotúxšij, прого́рклыйprogórklyj
згі́рклийzhírklyj, проту́хлийprotúxlyj
(used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition
Offensive. Unpleasant.
Her remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left.
Examples
14 sentencesThe milk is rancid.
Does this taste rancid to you?
This oil has a rancid taste.
ruУ этого масла прогорклый вкус.
deDieses Öl schmeckt ranzig.
Ziri said the sandwich was rancid.
I think the nuts have gone rancid.
ruДумаю, орехи испортились.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive”).Learned borrowing from Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive”).
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Forms
more rancid, most rancid| Comparative | more rancid Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most rancid Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- smelling of fermentation or staleness:sour
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form