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Webster 1913 Edition

(răṉ′kẽr-ŭs)

Adj.

[OF.

rancuros

Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.

So flamed his eyes with rage and

rancorous

ire.

Spenser.

Adj.

Deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.

So flam'd his eyes with rage and ranc'rous ire.

Rancorous opposition to the gospel of Christ.