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rancidest

rancidest is the superlative form of rancid.

Meaning of rancid

Adjective

rancid (comparative more rancid, superlative most rancid)

  1. Rank in taste or smell.
    • The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.
  2. Offensive. Unpleasant.
    • Her remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left.

Questions about rancidest

What is rancidest the superlative form of?
Rancidest is the superlative form of rancid.

Words near rancidest in the dictionary

  1. ranchwoman
  2. ranchwomen
  3. ranchy
  4. ranchū
  5. rancid
  6. rancidest
  7. rancidification
  8. rancidifications
  9. rancidified
  10. rancidifies
  11. rancidify

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rancidest (page history and authors); rancid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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