rancor
- (US, countable, uncountable) A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a perceived wrongdoing; bitterness.
- (countable, rare, uncountable) Rancidity, rankness.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹæŋ.kɚ/
Etymology
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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