Adjective:

கொழுப்பு (அ) வெண்ணெய் கெட்டுப் போவதால் ஏற்படும் துர்நாற்றம் உடைய,

rancid's Usage Examples:

The fatty acids so set free are then more readily attacked by the oxygen of the air, and oxygenated products are formed, which impart to the oils and fats the rancid smell and taste.

We know hydrogenated oils are not good to eat, but the hydrogenation process makes oils solid at room temperature and makes them hardier, so it takes longer for them to go rancid.

In most cases the purification consisted in removing the free fatty acids from rancid oils and fats, the caustic soda forming a soap with the fatty acids, which would either rise as a scum and lift up with it impurities, or fall to the bottom and carry down impurities.

Pinea, and are eaten both on the Alps and by the inhabitants of Siberia; a fine oil is expressed from them which is used both for food and in lamps, but, like that of the Italian pine, it soon turns rancid.

It is said to be pure and limpid, free from any disagreeable taste or smell, and capable of being kept for a year without turning rancid.

Sarah scrunched up her face as if she smelled something rancid.

When your digestive tract is sluggish and full of rancid slow-transit foods, it throws off the pH and allows less beneficial microbes to dominate.

It does not evaporate or turn rancid, whilst its marked hygroscopic action ensures the moistness and softness of any surface that it covers.

The changes conditioning rancidity, although not yet fully understood in all details, must be ascribed in the first instance to slow hydrolysis ("saponification") of the oils and fats by the moisture of the air, especially if favoured by insolation, when water is taken up by the oils and fats, and free fatty acids are formed.

Eades recommends either chewing one of your fish oil capsules a few times a week to check for rancidity or avoiding that altogether by taking fish oil as a liquid, instead.

Whenever he was so fortunate as to have near him a hare that had been kept too long, or a meat pie made with rancid butter, he gorged himself with such violence that his veins swelled and the moisture broke out on his forehead.

Almond flour is also considerably more expensive than the white rice variety and, because of the inherent fatty acid content of almonds, this flour must be kept sealed and refrigerated at all times to prevent rancidity.

Synonyms:

ill-smelling, stinky, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, sour, malodorous,

Antonyms:

good-natured, sweet, tasteless, unsoured, fragrant,