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errant

[ er-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; erring; straying.
  2. journeying or traveling, as a medieval knight in quest of adventure; roving adventurously.
  3. moving in an aimless or lightly changing manner:

    an errant breeze.



errant

/ ˈɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. archaic.
    wandering in search of adventure
  2. erring or straying from the right course or accepted standards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ۲Գ· adverb
  • ԴDz·۲Գ adjective
  • non·۲Գ· adverb
  • ܲ·۲Գ adjective
  • un·۲Գ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of errant1

1300–50; Middle English erraunt < Middle French, Old French errant, present participle of errer, edrer to travel < Vulgar Latin to journey, for Late Latin پԱī, derivative of iter, stem itiner- journey ( itinerary ); confused with Middle French errant, present participle of errer to err
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Word History and Origins

Origin of errant1

C14: from Old French: journeying, from Vulgar Latin ٱ (unattested), from Latin iter journey; influenced by Latin to err
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Example Sentences

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Dogma is out, empathy is in, and Francis's question about an errant bishop: "Who am I to judge?"

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However, the veteran Englishman knows those errant tee-shots on 17 and 18 serve as a reminder of how quickly things can change at a major.

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The microbiologist famously remarked "that's funny" upon noticing an errant mould was killing staphylococci bacteria in a culture plate in 1928.

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He tapped his chest and apologized to teammates after the second errant shot.

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First to fall was overnight leader Min Woo Lee, whose errant drive at the fifth ended in a double bogey and he never recovered, shooting a six-over 78.

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