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rancid - Dictionary definition and meaning for rancid

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: ) Rancid : Ran (Rain)+ Cid (Acid).. Acid rain always gives bad smell.

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  • (Tag: ) ran away when i smelt that acid it was so bad...

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  • (Tag: ) Rotten+Acid...smells bad

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  • (Tag: ) RAIN+SEED..when rain falls on seed, it gets fermented and smells bad

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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: hindi) ran(bhaago)+sid(sada hua)=> bhaago sadi hui badboo(odor) aa rahi hai

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