rancor

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (US, countable, uncountable) A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a perceived wrongdoing; bitterness.
  2. (countable, rare, uncountable) Rancidity, rankness.

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈɹæŋ.kɚ/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

First attested in the 13th century as Middle English rancour, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from ranceō (“I am rotten or putrid”), from which also English rancid.

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