Definition for

rancid

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– Rankly offensive to the senses; having a tainted smell or taste; fetid or soured from chemical change.

– Repulsive to the moral sense; disgusting; loathsome.

adjective – Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty.

adjective – Being rank in taste or smell.

adjective – offensive

adjective – (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition

adjective – smelling of fermentation or staleness

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