Rancor
[rang-ker] /ˈræŋ kər/
noun
1.
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
n.
c.1200, from Old French rancor “bitterness, resentment; grief, affliction,” from Late Latin rancorem (nominative rancor) “rancidness, a stinking smell” (Palladius); “grudge, bitterness” (Hieronymus and in Late Latin), from Latin rancere “to stink” (see rancid).
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