- rancid⇄adv. rancidly.
- rancid⇄noun rancidness.
- rancid⇄rancid, adjective.
1. stale; spoiled.
Ex. rancid butter.
2. tasting or smelling like stale fat or butter.
Ex. a rancid odor.
3. (Figurative.) nasty; disagreeable; odious.
Ex. He's a rancid fellow (Robert Louis Stevens