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