rancidity.

The condition in which fats or oils develop unpleasant odors or flavors through degradation.

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• oil rancidity

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Rancidity spoiled the stored oil.

A smell of rancidity rose from the tin.

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Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.