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Word: Errant
Speech Type: Adjective
Middle English (in errant (sense 2)): errant (sense 1) from Latin errant- ‘erring’, from the verb errare; errant (sense 2) from Old French errant ‘travelling’, present participle of errer, from late Latin iterare ‘go on a journey’, from iter ‘journey’. Compare with arrant
ˈɛrənt
erring or straying from the accepted course or standards
Short Definition:erring or straying from accepted course or standards
Examples:- an errant husband coming back from a night on the tiles
travelling in search of adventure
Short Definition:travelling in search of adventure
Examples:- that same lady errant
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