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rancidity

rancidity

1 8.1
A bad smell or taste in food when fats go bad
  • noun
  • /rænˈsɪdəti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : rancidez
  • I love rancidity, many, of bloody entrails.
  • prevent rancidity

Examples

  • The emulsification properties play an imperative role in the stability of high-fat food products by reducing the rate of oxidative rancidity.

    Academic text (2014)
  • "Oxygen causes rancidity in foods containing unsaturated fats."

    Blog text (21)
  • Even slight rancidity can make food undesirable.

    Blog text (21)
  • This preservative is used to prevent rancidity in foods that contain oils.

    Blog text (4)
  • And we bring all of these pieces together and engineer new foods that don't stale in the refrigerator, don't develop rancidity.

  • Second, rice is polished in order to remove the fats that turn rice rancid, and what little carotenoids there are exist in the aleurone and embryo, not in the endosperm. However, maize can be left whole with little rancidity problems.

    Blog text (14)
  • The rancidity of the oil was so strong that it ruined the entire dish.

  • Many natural oils can go bad, resulting in rancidity that affects their taste.

  • You can tell the milk has gone sour when it develops a rancidity that makes it undrinkable.

Synonyms

putridity
vsrancidity
1 9.9

Rotten smell and decay of dead animals or plants

is limited to spoilage of fats or oils rather than general decay
rancidness
vsrancidity
7.6

A strong unpleasant smell and taste from old fats like butter

is identical in meaning but uses an alternate noun form
acridity
vsrancidity
9.6

A strong sharp taste or smell that feels unpleasant

is about stale decomposition smells rather than sharp chemical pungency
acridness
vsrancidity
8.1

A strong, bitter smell or taste that burns the nose

is about stale decomposition smells rather than sharp chemical pungency
unsavoriness
vsrancidity
  • US
8.8

A very unpleasant taste or smell that makes you reject food

is specifically about foul smell or taste caused by fat decomposition

Antonyms

25 3.1

The state of having no dirt or other things mixed in

15 1.0

The state of being new and clean, not stale or spoiled

How Rancid

putrefaction
  • Specialized
3 8.9
rancidity
  • Specialized
1 8.1
staleness
1 3.9
freshness
15 1.0

Surface Forms

rancidity singular
rancidities plural

Morphology

rancidity = rancid (transparent) = rancid + ity

Formed by a standard adjectival-to-nominal suffixation: 'rancid' (bad-smelling) -> 'rancidity' (the quality of being rancid), which learners can derive from the base.

Etymology

The word rancidity comes from the old Latin verb rancēre, which meant 'to smell bad' and is the source of rancid and the English word rank. So rancidity is the state of having that strong, bad smell or taste when fats or oils spoil.