Main Entry: er·rant

Pronunciation: \ˈer-ənt, ˈe-rənt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English erraunt, from Anglo-French errant, present participle of errer to err & errer to travel, from Late Latin iterare, from Latin iter road, journey — more at itinerant

Date: 14th century

1 : traveling or given to traveling <an errant knight>
2 a : straying outside the proper path or bounds <an errant calf> b : moving about aimlessly or irregularly <an errant breeze> c : behaving wrongly <an errant child> d : fallible

— errant noun

— er·rant·ly adverb