2006-08-28 03:59:28 · 12 answers · asked by jdjustice8912 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Rancid is having a musty, rank taste or smell; applied to fats that have undergone decomposition, with the liberation of fatty acids.
2006-08-28 04:02:07 · answer #1 · answered by sexylittlemisstweetybird83 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rancid has the same meaning as "spoils". When sour cream spoils it smells pretty bad cuz it has spoiled. Kinda like when milk spoils or becomes rancid.
2006-08-28 11:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by gillamacs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the dictionary - hee hee! - rancid means:
1. having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, esp. of fats or oils: rancid butter.
2. (of an odor or taste) rank, unpleasant, and stale: a rancid smell.
3. offensive or nasty; disagreeable.
2006-08-28 11:06:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ran·cid (rÄn'sÄd) pronunciation
adj.
1. Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank.
2. Repugnant; nasty: rancid remarks.
2006-08-28 11:05:21 · answer #4 · answered by Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
rancid
One entry found for rancid.
Main Entry: ran·cid
Pronunciation: 'ran(t)-s&d
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin rancidus, from rancEre to be rancid
1 : having a rank smell or taste
2 : OFFENSIVE
- ran·cid·i·ty /ran-'si-d&-tE/ noun
- ran·cid·ness /'ran(t)-s&d-n&s/ noun
2006-08-28 11:04:02 · answer #5 · answered by Valid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rancid is having the bad smell or taste of stale fats or oils; spoiled
2006-08-28 11:07:07 · answer #6 · answered by lucky21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a bad odor or taste.
2006-08-28 11:03:36 · answer #7 · answered by LuvAll 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a state that makes it uneatable. It means it has gone bad.
2006-08-28 11:02:48 · answer #8 · answered by Oklahoman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gone sour pallette
2006-08-28 11:07:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a heavy metal band
they rock out
2006-08-28 11:04:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋