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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of the unattested *ranceō.
Participle
rancēns (genitive rancentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- rancid, stinking
- Synonym: rancidus
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “rancens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rancens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.