rancor
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Latin ranceō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin rancor Old French rancorbor. Middle English rancour English rancor First attested in the 13th century as Middle English rancour, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from ranceō (“to be rotten or putrid”), from which also English rancid.
Definitions
A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a…
A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a perceived wrongdoing; bitterness.
- I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he challenged me to a fight.
Rancidity, rankness.
To rankle or fester.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for rancor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA