Rancid \Ran"cid\ (r[a^]n"s[i^]d), 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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rancid
adj 1: used of decomposing oils or fats; "rancid butter"; "rancid
bacon"
2: smelling of fermentation or staleness [syn: sour]
WordNet (r) 2.0
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "rancid":
awful, bad, bad-smelling, barfy, blown, brackish, cloying, corrupt,
decayed, disagreeable, fecal, fetid, foul, frowsty, frowy, frowzy,
fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, graveolent, high, icky, ill-smelling,
loathsome, maggoty, malodorous, mawkish, mephitic, miasmal,
miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, musty, nasty, nauseant,
nauseating, nauseous, nidorous, noisome, noxious, odious, odorous,
off, offensive, olid, overripe, poisonous, putrid, rank, reasty,
reasy, rebarbative, reechy, reeking, reeky, repulsive, ripe,
rotten, sickening, smellful, smelling, smelly, sour, soured,
spoiled, spoilt, stale, stenchy, stinking, strong, stuffy,
sulfurous, tainted, turned, vile, vomity, weevily, yucky
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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