Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
straying from the right course or from accepted standards;
- Example: "errant youngsters"2.
uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable;
- Example: "an errant breeze"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Errant \Er"rant\, a. [F. errant, p. pr. fr. OF. errer to travel,
LL. iterare, fr. L. iter journey; confused somewhat with L.
errare to err. See Eyre, and cf. Arrant, Itinerant.]
1. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a
direct path; roving.
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Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of
heaven. --Sir T.
Browne.
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2. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.
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Would make me an errant fool. --B. Jonson.
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3. (Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to
judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.
--Mozley & W.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Errant \Er"rant\, n.
One who wanders about. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
errant
adj 1: straying from the right course or from accepted
standards; "errant youngsters"
2: uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; "an
errant breeze"