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errant

2 entries found.

Main Entry:
er·rant 
          Listen to the pronunciation of errant
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


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