n.
It would not be easy to conceive the passion, rancor, and malice of their tongues and hearts. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rancor will out; proud prelate, in thy face
I see thy fury. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rancor is that degree of malice which preys upon the possessor. Cogan. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. rancuros. ] Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent. [ 1913 Webster ]
So flamed his eyes with rage and rancorous ire. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a rancorous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]