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the smell of fat that gave up on life and started chemically dissolving itself.
means Describing fat or oil that has gone bad and turned sour, stale, and foul-smelling through chemical decay.
from From Latin 'rancidus,' meaning stinking or rank, built on the verb 'rancere,' to be rotten or sour. English borrowed it in the 17th century, and it has smelled of spoiled butter ever since. It's likely a distant relative of 'rank,' that other word for an offensive, going-off odor.
the chemistryoxygen breaks fat into stinking acids and aldehydes
two flavorsoxidative rancidity and hydrolytic rancidity differ entirely
hidden everywherestale nuts and old oil go rancid silently
antioxidant defensevitamin E slows the fatty meltdown naturally
word rootfrom Latin rancidus, meaning stinking or rank