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errant

Syllabification: (er·rant)
Pronunciation: /ˈerənt/
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Definition of errant

adjective

  • 1 [attributive] erring or straying from the proper course or standards:he could never forgive his daughter’s errant ways
  • Zoology (of a polychaete worm) of a predatory kind that moves about actively and is not confined to a tube or burrow.
  • 2 [often postpositive] archaic or literary traveling in search of adventure:that same lady errantSee also knight errant.

Derivatives

errancy

Pronunciation: /ˈerənsē/
noun
errant (sense 1).

errantry

Pronunciation: /-trē/
noun
errant (sense 2).

Origin:

Middle English (errant (sense 2)): errant (sense 1) from Latin errant- 'erring', from the verb errare; errant (sense 2) from Old French errant 'traveling', present participle of errer, from late Latin iterare 'go on a journey', from iter 'journey'. Compare with arrant

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