Rancid

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rancid
       adj 1: used of decomposing oils or fats; "rancid butter"; "rancid
              bacon"
       2: smelling of fermentation or staleness [syn: {sour}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "rancid":
     awful, bad, bad-smelling, barfy, blown, brackish, cloying, corrupt,
     decayed, disagreeable, fecal, fetid, foul, frowsty, frowy, frowzy,
     fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, graveolent, high, icky, ill-smelling,
     loathsome, maggoty, malodorous, mawkish, mephitic, miasmal,
     miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, musty, nasty, nauseant,
     nauseating, nauseous, nidorous, noisome, noxious, odious, odorous,
     off, offensive, olid, overripe, poisonous, putrid, rank, reasty,
     reasy, rebarbative, reechy, reeking, reeky, repulsive, ripe,
     rotten, sickening, smellful, smelling, smelly, sour, soured,
     spoiled, spoilt, stale, stenchy, stinking, strong, stuffy,
     sulfurous, tainted, turned, vile, vomity, weevily, yucky