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errant

deviating from the proper course; straying; moving aimlessly: an errant breeze

Not to be confused with:

arrant – downright, thorough, unmitigated, notorious, utter, confirmed, flagrant: an arrant playboy

er·rant

(ĕr′ənt)

adj.

1. Roving, especially in search of adventure: knights errant.

2. Failing to adhere to guidelines or moral standards: errant youngsters.

a. Moving from the proper course or established limits: errant lambs.

b. Aimless or irregular in motion: an errant afternoon breeze.

c. Missing an intended target or recipient: an errant shot.

[Middle English erraunt, from Anglo-Norman, partly from Old French errer, to travel about (from Vulgar Latin *iterāre, from Latin iter, journey; see ei- in Indo-European roots) and partly from Old French errer, to err; see err.]

er′rant n.

er′rant·ly adv.

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errant

(ˈɛrənt)

adj (often postpositive)

1. archaic or literary wandering in search of adventure

2. erring or straying from the right course or accepted standards

[C14: from Old French: journeying, from Vulgar Latin iterāre (unattested), from Latin iter journey; influenced by Latin errāre to err]

ˈerrantly adv

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er•rant

(ˈɛr ənt)

adj.

1. deviating from the regular or proper course.

2. traveling, esp. in quest of adventure; roving adventurously.

3. moving in an aimless or lightly changing manner: an errant breeze.

[1300–50; Middle English erraunt < Middle French, Old French errant, present participle of errer, edrer to travel < Vulgar Latin *iterāre to journey]

er′rant•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	errant - straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters" fallible - likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"
	2.	errant - uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; "an errant breeze" uncontrolled - not being under control; out of control; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth"

errant

adjective sinning, offending, straying, wayward, deviant, erring, aberrant His errant son ran up debts of over £3000.

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errant

adjective

1. Traveling about, especially in search of adventure:

roaming, roving, wandering.

2. Straying from a proper course or standard:

aberrant.

Translations

errante

errant

[ˈerənt] ADJ (frm) → errante
see also knight C

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

errant

[ˈɛrənt] adj

(= unfaithful) [husband] → infidèle

(= paedophile) [priest] → dévoyé(e)

[son, child] → délinquant(e)

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errant

adj (= erring) ways → sündig, verfehlt; husband etc → untreu; members → abtrünnig; (hum) Marxist, Freudian → fehlgeleitet, auf Irrwegen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

errant

[ˈɛrənt] adj (frm) (wrong) → in errore; (unfaithful) → infedele

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