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rancidity|rænˈsɪdɪtɪ|
[f. prec. + -ity. Cf. F. rancidité.]
The quality or state of being rancid.
1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 195 To smell out the rancidity, the ill savour of their intentions. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) VI. 43 Neither boiling nor bleaching can divest them of their oily rancidity. 1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 240 The rancidity of butter is chiefly owing to changes in the fat. |