Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RAN'COR-OUS
RAN'COR-OUS, a.
Deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent. So flam'd his eyes with rage and rancr'ous ire. – Spenser Rancorous opposition to the Gospel of Christ. – West.
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