rancidulus

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Latin

Etymology

From rancidus (rancid) +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rancidulus (feminine rancidula, neuter rancidulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. diminutive of rancidus:
    1. rancid, rather putrid, stinky
    2. disgusting, loathsome

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • rancidulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rancidulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rancidulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rancidulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.