rancid
adjective/ˈrænsɪd/
/ˈrænsɪd/
- if food containing fat is rancid, it tastes or smells unpleasant because it is no longer fresh
- rancid butter
- Butter soon goes/turns (= becomes) rancid in this heat.
- There was a rancid smell coming from the kitchen.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRancid is used with these nouns:- butter
- meat
- oil
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin rancidus ‘stinking’.
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