"rancour" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rancor.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rancours [plural]
Etymology: First attested as Middle English rancour in the early 13th century, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from *ranceō (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), from which also English rancid. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rancour}} Middle English rancour, {{der|en|fro|rancor}} Old French rancor, {{uder|en|la|rancor||rancidity, grudge, rancor}} Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), {{m|la|*ranceō||be rotten or putrid, stink}} *ranceō (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), {{cog|en|rancid}} English rancid Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rancour (countable and uncountable, plural rancours)
  1. British, Canada, and Australia spelling of rancor Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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