errant
AdjectiveUS[er-uhnt]/ˈɛrənt/2 syllables
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Adjective (2)
- straying from the right course or from accepted standards“errant youngsters”Opposite infallibleSimilar fallible
- uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable“an errant breeze”Opposite controlledSimilar uncontrolled
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Er′rant adjective
Origin: 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.
Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of heaven.— Sir Thomas Browne
2. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.
Would make me an errant fool.— Ben Jonson
3. English law Journeying; itinerant; — formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W.
Er′rant noun
One who wanders about. obsolete Thomas Fuller
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54