Esp. of bacon, fat, etc.: stale, rancid. Cf. reasty, adj.

Rancid. Cf. reasty, adj.

Of smell, taste, etc.: characteristic of a ram; rank, strong, pungent; disagreeable, offensive.

Reasty, rancid. areastiness n. reastiness, rancidity.

Rancid.

Rancid. Cf. reasty, adj., reested, adj.1

Of food or drink: having a mouldy or decayed smell or taste; tainted with mould. Of a cask, bottle, or similar container: stale-smelling, fusty.

Of meat, esp. bacon: rancid. Cf. resty, adj.1 reasty, adj. rust, n.2

That has turned sour or become tainted, as milk; †curdled (obs.): see turn, v. 46.

Of bacon, oil, etc.: rancid. Cf. reasy, adj.1, rusty, adj.2

Musty, sour, stale, not sweet.

Of milk: ? Skimmed (in quot. 1594 apparently stale, sour; perhaps associated with flat, adj.).

Rancid. Cf. reasty, adj.

Of a smell, taste, etc.: rank, pungent, rammish. Of a person or animal: characterized by such a smell. Now chiefly English regional (north-west mid…

Of fat or oil, or foods containing these: having an unpleasant taste or smell as a result of decomposition; rank, stale, sour; (also) designating…

transferred. Of smell or flavour: Powerful, offensive. Now chiefly U.S.

That has become rank; rancid.

= virose, adj.

Rancid.

Musty, sour-smelling; (of food, esp. bacon) stale, rancid.

Poisonous; suggestive of poisonous qualities; rank and unwholesome. Of smell or flavour.

English regional (midlands). Rancid, rank. Now rare.