7 January 2012

rancour

[rang-ker]
noun

– bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
Also, especially American, ran·cor.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English rancour < Middle French < Late Latin rancōr- (stem of rancor ) rancidity, equivalent to Latin ranc ( ēre ) (see rancid) + -ōr- -or1

Example sentence:

The rancour between the Capulets and the Montagues, culminated in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Today’s aphorism

‘Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire’.

– Confucius

On this day

7 January 1979 – Brutal Cambodian dictator, Pol Pot, is overthrown as Vietnamese forces invade Phnom Penh. Pol Pot and his army, the Khmer Rouge, were responsible for killing approximately 1.7 million people.