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   errant

   /ˈɛrənt/

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   • 1. erring or straying from the accepted course or standards: formal, humorous "an errant husband coming back from a night on the tiles" Similar offendingguiltyculpablemisbehavingdelinquentlawlesslawbreakingcriminaltransgressingaberrantdevianterringsinningmischievousbadly behavedtroublesomedifficultunmanageableunrulydisobedientuncontrollableout of controlOpposite innocentwell behaved
   • ▪ not in the right place; having moved from the correct position or course: "an errant strand of hair"
   • ▪ (of a polychaete worm) of a predatory kind that moves about actively and is not confined to a tube or burrow.
   • 2. travelling in search of adventure: archaic, literary "that same lady errant" Similar travellingwanderingitinerantjourneyingramblingroamingrovingdriftingfloatingwayfaringvoyagingtouringperipateticunsettledrootlessrestlesson the moveon the goon the wingnomadicvagabondvagrantmigrantmigratorymigratingtransientdisplacedglobetrottingjet-settingOpposite sedentary

   Word Origin Middle English (in errant (sense 2)): errant (sense 1) from Latin errant- ‘erring’, from the verb errare; errant (sense 2) from Old French errant ‘travelling’, present participle of errer, from late Latin iterare ‘go on a journey’, from iter ‘journey’. Compare with arrant.

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   What is the meaning of errant in English?

   • stray, errant, misguided are the top translations of "errant" into English. Sample translated sentence: Tom a été mordu par un chien errant. ↔ Tom has been bitten by a stray dog. having gone astray [..] Tom a été mordu par un chien errant. Tom has been bitten by a stray dog. straying from the proper course or standard [..]

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   Where does errant come from?

   • Errant has a split history. It comes from Anglo-French, a language in which two confusingly similar verbs with identical spellings ("errer") coexisted. One errer meant "to err" and comes from the Latin errare, meaning "to wander" or "to err." The second errer meant "to travel," and traces to the Latin iter, meaning "road" or "journey."

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   What does errant breeze mean?

   • 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. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. 1. 2.

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   What does erring mean?

   • deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; erring; straying. journeying or traveling, as a medieval knight in quest of adventure; roving adventurously. an errant breeze. archaic. The death of innocents at American hands, whether by errant bombs or in the fog of war, would undercut the war’s moral purpose.

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   What is the difference between errer and errant?

   • The second errer meant "to travel," and traces to the Latin iter, meaning "road" or "journey." Both "errer" homographs contributed to the development of "errant," which not surprisingly has to do with both moving about and being mistaken. A "knight-errant" travels around in search of adventures. Cowboys round up "errant calves."

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   What is an errant child?

   • An "errant child" is one who misbehaves. (You might also see "arrant" occasionally - it's a word that originated as an alteration of "errant" and that usually means "extreme" or "shameless.") Recent Examples on the Web Compared with modern spans, the Key Bridge had inadequate protections from errant ships such as the Dali.

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   Errant means behaving wrongly in some way, especially by leaving home, or going in a wrong direction. Learn how to use this formal adjective with examples and translations in different languages.

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   Errant means behaving wrongly, straying outside proper bounds, or traveling aimlessly. It comes from Anglo-French and Latin words for "to err" or "to travel". See synonyms, examples, and word history of errant.

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   Errant means behaving wrongly in some way, especially by leaving home, or going in a wrong direction. Learn how to use this formal adjective with examples and translations in different languages.

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   Errant means wandering, straying, or deviating from the right course. It can also mean roving or adventurous, especially in the phrase knight-errant. See word frequency, origin, and usage examples.

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   Errant definition: deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.. See examples of ERRANT used in a sentence.

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   Something or someone described as errant has gone astray or done wrong by going in an unexpected direction. An errant bird might end up in northern Canada while his friends fly to southern Mexico for the winter.

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   Errant means deviating from the proper course, straying, or moving aimlessly. It can also mean roving in search of adventure or sinning, offending, or wayward. See examples, translations, and related words.