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ran·cid  audio  (rnsd) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank.
  2. Repugnant; nasty: rancid remarks.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin rancidus, past participle of rancre, to stink, be rotten

OTHER FORMS:
ran·cidi·ty or rancid·ness (Noun)


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