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rancid

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rancid/ˈransɪd/

▶adjective

1 (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being stale.

2 highly unpleasant; repugnant.

– derivatives
rancidity noun,
rancidly adverb,
rancidness noun.

– origin C17: from L. rancidus ‘stinking’.

'rancid' also found in these Oxford entries:

butyric acid - sour

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