It is imperative that the pine nuts be fresh, however, or the sauce can have a rancid taste.

He made himself drink more of his sherry, though the rancid taste lay upon his tongue like a sour old blanket.

They nourished him despite their rancid taste; his captors were keeping him alive.

The spasm passed, and he turned to one side to spit out the horrible, rancid taste.

The words left a rancid taste in Gray's mouth.

There was a nauseating, rancid taste to the stuff, but I dared not even raise my head to expectorate.

I awoke hours later with a horrible headache, stomachache, and rancid taste.

In addition to the dark color, the resulting wines often have a nutty, rancid taste called rancio.

If exposed to light it oxidizes and has a rancid taste that you can even smell.

This was a more rancid taste of Videssos than the tribune had intended.