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ran·cid

d) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank.
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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