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English Dictionary: rancorous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rancorous
adj
  1. showing deep-seated resentment; "preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rancorous \Ran"cor*ous\, a. [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.
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