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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition;
- Example: "rancid butter"
- Example: "rancid bacon"

2. smelling of fermentation or staleness;
[syn: sour, rancid]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rancid \Ran"cid\ (r[a^]n"s[i^]d), a. [L. rancidus, fr. rancere
   to be rancid or rank.]
   Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or
   decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rancid
    adj 1: (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or
           taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition;
           "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"
    2: smelling of fermentation or staleness [syn: sour, rancid]