Meaning

2 senses
  1. Rank 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

  2. Offensive. Unpleasant.

    Her remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. The milk is rancid.

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  2. Does this taste rancid to you?

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  3. This oil has a rancid taste.

    ruУ этого масла прогорклый вкус.

    deDieses Öl schmeckt ranzig.

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  4. Ziri said the sandwich was rancid.

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  5. I think the nuts have gone rancid.

    ruДумаю, орехи испортились.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
being rank in taste or smell:
Русский
By meaning 1
being rank in taste or smell:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
being rank in taste or smell:

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
Comparativemore rancid Lesson
Superlativemost rancid Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • smelling of fermentation or staleness:sour

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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