rancour
pronunciation
How to pronounce rancour in British English:
UK [ˈræŋkə(r)]
How to pronounce rancour in American English:
US [ˈræŋkɚ]
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- Noun:
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
Word Origin
- rancour
- rancour: [14] To account for rancour and its close relative rancid we have to postulate a Latin verb *rancēre ‘stink’, never actually recorded but inferable from its present participle rancēns ‘stinking, putrid’. From it were derived the adjective rancidus, source of English rancid [17], and in post-classical times the noun rancor, source of English rancour.=> rancid
- rancour (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of rancor; for ending see -or. Related: Rancourous.