Rankle (verb) – to cause bitter resentment in; to make angry; to cause
keen irritation within the mind.
Origem
A origem desta palavra é meio complicada.
Ela vem de um termo do inglês médio: “rancler”, que significa “to fester”, e este do latim “draoncle”, que quer dizer “sore”.
De qualquer forma, esta última vem de uma palavra latina: “draco”, que significa “serpent”.
She holds that scornful expression long enough to make sure I notice.
I make believe I don’t. I try not to let it rankle me.
— Joseph Heller, Something Happened
English Version
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Rankle (verb) – to cause bitter resentment in; to make angry; to cause keen irritation within the mind.
Origin
The origin of this word is a bit complicated.
It comes from the Middle English word “rancler”, which means “to fester”, and this one comes from the Latin word “draoncle”, meaning “sore”.
However the last itself comes from another Latin word: “draco”, which means “serpent”.
She holds that scornful expression long enough to make sure I notice.
I make believe I don’t. I try not to let it rankle me.
— Joseph Heller, Something Happened
