rancour

== English == === Noun === rancour (countable and uncountable, plural rancours) (Commonwealth spelling) Alternative spelling of rancor. === Verb === rancour (third-person singular simple present rancours, present participle rancouring, simple past and past participle rancoured) (Commonwealth spelling) Alternative spelling of rancor. ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === rankor, rauncour, rancor, rankowre, rancur, rankour === Etymology === From Old French rancor, from Latin rancor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ranˈkuːr/, /ˈrankur/ (Late Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈrankər/ === Noun === rancour Jealousy, ire, towards someone; rancour (also as a metaphorical figure) (rare) Rancidity; something which smells vile. (rare) A belief that one is engaging in wrongdoing. ==== Descendants ==== English: rancour, rancor Scots: rancour ==== References ==== “rancǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 November 2018. == Old French == === Noun === rancour oblique singular, f (oblique plural rancours, nominative singular rancour, nominative plural rancours) Late Anglo-Norman spelling of rancur il se douterent qe nous eussiens conceu vers eux rancour & indignacion