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[syn: aberrant, deviant, deviate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aberrant \Ab*er"rant\, a. [L. aberrans, -rantis, p. pr. of
aberrare. See Aberr.]
1. Wandering; straying from the right way.
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2. (Biol.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type;
exceptional; abnormal.
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The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have
been the number of connecting forms which, on my
theory, have been exterminated. --Darwin.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
aberrant
adj 1: markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant
behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: aberrant, deviant,
deviate]
n 1: one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a
group