In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour
(noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rancor (countable and uncountable, plural rancors)
(American spelling) The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
• Carron, Cranor
Source: Wiktionary
Ran"cor, n. [Written also rancour.] Etym: [OE. rancour, OF. rancor, rancur, F. rancune, fr. L. rancor rancidity, rankness; tropically, an old grudge, rancor, fr. rancere to be rank or rancid.]
Definition: The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred. "To stint rancour and dissencioun." Chaucer. It would not be easy to conceive the passion, rancor, and malice of their tongues and hearts. Burke.
Syn.
– Enmity; hatred; ill will; malice; spite; grudge; animosity; malignity.
– Rancor, Enmity. Enmity and rancor both describe hostile feelings; but enmity may be generous and open, while rancor implies personal malice of the worst and most enduring nature, and is the strongest word in our language to express hostile feelings. Rancor will out; proud prelate, in thy face I see thy fury. Shak. Rancor is that degree of malice which preys upon the possessor. Cogan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.