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[ er -uh nt ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɛr ənt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
journeying or traveling, as a medieval knight in quest of adventure; roving adventurously.
moving in an aimless or lightly changing manner: an errant breeze.
Origin of errant 1300–50; Middle English erraunt <Middle French, Old French errant, present participle of errer, edrer to travel <Vulgar Latin *iterāre to journey, for Late Latin itinerārī, derivative of iter, stem itiner- journey (see itinerary); confused with Middle French errant, present participle of errer to err
OTHER WORDS FROM errant er·rant·ly, adverb non·er·rant, adjective non·er·rant·ly, adverb un·er·rant, adjective
un·er·rant·ly, adverb
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH errant arrant, errant Words nearby errant ERPF, err, errancy, errand, errand boy, errant , errantry, errare humanum est, errata, erratic, erratum
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But then—we were like two errant school-girls, who had been caught m an escapade!
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British Dictionary definitions for errant adjective (often postpositive) archaic , or literary wandering in search of adventure
erring or straying from the right course or accepted standards
Derived forms of errant errantly , adverb Word Origin for errant C14: from Old French: journeying, from Vulgar Latin iterāre (unattested), from Latin iter journey; influenced by Latin errāre to err
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