Rancid Definition
rănsĭd
adjective
Having the bad smell or taste of stale fats or oils; spoiled.
Webster's New World
Repugnant.
Webster's New World
His remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left.
Wiktionary
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Origin of Rancid
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From Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive"), from ranceō (“to stink") (sense in Middle Latin), from whence also English rancor, in Latin used only in present participle rancens (“stinking").
From Wiktionary
Latin rancidus from rancēre to stink, be rotten
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
