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Latin
Etymology
From rancidus (“rancid”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
rancidulus (feminine rancidula, neuter rancidulum); first/second-declension adjective
- diminutive of rancidus:
- rancid, rather putrid, stinky
- 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.