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errant

adj
/ˈɛɹ(ə)nt/UK/ˈɛɹənt/US

Etymology

From Middle English erraunt [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman erraunt, from Old French errant, the present participle of errer (“to walk (to); to wander (to); (figuratively) to travel, voyage”), and then: * from Vulgar Latin iterāre (compare Late Latin itinerāre, itinerāri (“to travel, voyage”)), from Latin iter (“a route (including a journey, trip; a course; a path; a road)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”); and * from Latin errantem, the accusative feminine or masculine singular of errāns (“straying, errant; wandering”), the present active participle of errō (“to rove, wander; to get lost, go astray; to err, wander from the truth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of arrant.

  1. derived from *h₁ers-✻ — “to flow”
  2. derived from errantem
  3. derived from *h₁ey-✻ — “to go”
  4. derived from iter — “a route (including a journey, trip; a course; a path; a road)”
  5. derived from iterāre
  6. derived from errant
  7. derived from erraunt
  8. inherited from erraunt

Definitions

  1. Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.

    • In that there are just seven Planets or errant Stars in the lower Orbs of heaven: but it is now demonstrable unto sense, that there are many more

  2. Roving around

    Roving around; wandering.

  3. Prone to erring or making errors

    Prone to erring or making errors; misbehaving.

    • We ran down the street in pursuit of the errant dog.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Obsolete form of arrant (“complete

      Obsolete form of arrant (“complete; downright, utter”).

      • Thy company, if I slept not very well / A nights, would make me an errant fool […]

    2. A knight-errant.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA