[ˈraŋkl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a comment or fact) cause continuing annoyance or resentment
(e.g: the casual manner of his dismissal still rankles)

- (of a wound or sore) continue to be painful; fester
(e.g: the wound is but skinned over and rankles still at the bottom)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French rancler, from rancle, draoncle ‘festering sore’, from an alteration of medieval Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco ‘serpent’