rancor
English
Alternative forms
- rancour (Commonwealth)
Etymology
First attested in the 13th century as Middle English rancour, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from *ranceō (“I am rotten or putrid”), from which also English rancid.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
rancor (countable and uncountable, plural rancors)
- (American spelling) A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a perceived wrongdoing; bitterness.
- I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he challenged me to a fight.
- (rare) Rancidity, rankness.
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References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “rancor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “rancor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Asturian
Noun
rancor m (plural rancores)
- rancor (the deepest malignity or spite)
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 15th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese (compare Old Galicia-Portuguese rancura, 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rancor.
Pronunciation
Noun
rancor m (plural rancores)
- rancor; grudge
- 1446, M. González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 635:
- estauan en moytas cartas de scomoion et testemoyos et eran en grande descordia et anduan en odios et rancores
- they were in many excommunicaton charters and litigations and they were in large discord and hate and rancor
- estauan en moytas cartas de scomoion et testemoyos et eran en grande descordia et anduan en odios et rancores
- 1612, Pedro Vázquez de Neira, "Soneto", in Gómez Tónel, Exequias:
- aquel rancor que te carcome e laña
- that rancor that eats away and cracks through you
- aquel rancor que te carcome e laña
- Synonym: xenreira
- 1446, M. González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 635:
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rancura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rancor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rancor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rancor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rancor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Latin
Etymology
*ranc(eō) (“I am rotten, putrid”) + -or (“-ness”, abstract noun suffix)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈran.kor/, [ˈräŋkɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈran.kor/, [ˈräŋkor]
Noun
rancor m (genitive rancōris); third declension (Late Latin)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rancor | rancōrēs |
Genitive | rancōris | rancōrum |
Dative | rancōrī | rancōribus |
Accusative | rancōrem | rancōrēs |
Ablative | rancōre | rancōribus |
Vocative | rancor | rancōrēs |
Descendants
- Portuguese: rancor
- Spanish: rencor
- Catalan: rancor
- Galician: rancor
- Occitan: rancur
- Old French: rancor, rancure
- Italian: rancore
References
- “rancor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rancor 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)
- rancor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Middle English
Noun
rancor
- Alternative form of rancour
Old French
Alternative forms
Noun
rancor oblique singular, f (oblique plural rancors, nominative singular rancor, nominative plural rancors)
- ill-will; negative opinion or intention
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin rancor (“rancor; putridity”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ran‧cor
Noun
rancor m (plural rancores)
- (usually uncountable) rancor; grudge (deep seated animosity)
- Ainda guardamos rancor pelo que fizeram conosco.
- We still hold a grudge for what you did to us.
- Synonyms: odiosidade, ressentimento
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