RANCIDITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("rancidity" is a kind of...):

decay (an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying)

Derivation:

rancid (smelling of fermentation or staleness)

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