rancor

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  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.

Konzepte

Zickigkeit

Hassobjekt

Katzenhaftigkeit

Übersetzungen

Frequenz

45k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈɹæŋ.kɚ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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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