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   rancid

   /ˈransɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale: "rancid meat"
   • ▪ highly unpleasant; repugnant: "his columns are just rationales for every kind of rancid prejudice"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin rancidus ‘stinking’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rancidity noun
   • 2. rancidly adverb
   • 3. rancidness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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