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RANCID
(adj.) smelling of fermentation or staleness
synonyms : sour(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"
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Mnemonics for rancid
(Tag: ) ran+acid(acid)...presence of acid(secreted by bacteria during the process of fermentation) in curd makes the curd bitter in taste and bad in smell
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(Tag: ) ran+cid..ran(rank)+cid(acid)...rank means bad smell..and a acid which smell bad
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(Tag: ) "ranc" sounds like "rank" which also means the same.
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(Tag: english) rancid=ran+cid,cid is a police officeer as we know,he ran away because ,he is unable to bear the bad smell
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(Tag: cid -- seed oil -- bad smell) Rancid ends with "cid" which could refer to Seed oil,now bad smell of seed oil
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(Tag: ) ran away when i smelt that acid it was so bad...
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(Tag: ) RAIN+SEED..when rain falls on seed, it gets fermented and smells bad
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