Rancid
['rænsɪd]
Definition
(adj.) (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; 'rancid butter'; 'rancid bacon' .
Typed by Leigh--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.
Typed by Kate
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Rank, fetid, musty, fusty, FROWZY, strong-smelling.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sour, tainted, rank, olid, reasty, frowzy, fetid, musty
ANT:Sweet, pure, untainted, fresh, fragrant
Checker: Maryann
Definition
adj. partially decomposed (used of oil or any greasy substance): sour: disgusting.—adj. Rances′cent becoming rancid.—adv. Ran′cidly.—ns. Ran′cidness Rancid′ity the quality of being rancid.
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Examples
- Butter already rancid can be improved by treatment with a stronger solution (8 drachms of acid to 1 gallon of water), followed by washing in pure water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It is equally wholesome, and while it does not have the same rich flavor, it has the advantage that it keeps better, and is not so liable to become rancid or strong. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Those who were not got a piece of rancid salt pork from the skipper, and cut a large, thick slice out of it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This buttermilk contributes somewhat to the flavor, but at the same time furnishes a ferment which ultimately spoils the butter by making it rancid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Why does fruit-juice produce alcohol, wine turn to vinegar, milk become sour, and butter rancid? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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