Rancor
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Rancor or rancour is the deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
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Etymology
First attested in the 13th century as Middle English rancour, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from *ranceō (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), from which also English rancid.
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