英语词汇“errant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	errant
释义	er·rant I. \ˈerənt sometimes ˈər.ə- or ˈarə- or ˈə̄rə-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English erraunt, from Middle French errant, present participle of errer to travel, wander (from Medieval Latin iterare, from iter way, journey) & errer to err — more at eyre, err 1. a. : traveling or given to traveling (as on a mission of chivalry) < an errant knight > < errant those exiles … who with their burden traverse hill and dale — William Wordsworth > specifically : itinerant in an official capacity < errant officials who traveled a quarterly circuit > b. : quixotically adventurous < her temerity in such an errant undertaking — Thomas Hardy > 2. obsolete : arrant 2a < he is so errant a whig that he strains even beyond his author in his passion for liberty — Henry Cromwell > 3. a. : straying outside the proper path or bounds < in this labyrinth of tunnels the farmer found his errant pigs — American Guide Series: Minnesota > b. : moving about aimlessly or irregularly : wandering < an errant breeze > specifically : having an irregular course — used formerly in astronomy to distinguish a planet from a star < seven … errant stars in the lower orbs of heaven — Sir Thomas Browne > c. : deviating from a standard (as of behavior) : erring < a parent scolding an errant child > d. : liable or inclined to error : fallible < his instincts being basically sound but like those of all natural men somewhat errant — Gilbert Millstein > 4. : of or relating to the Errantia • er·rant·ly adverb II. noun (-s) : one that is errant < separates the one-time errant from the long-term philanderer — Time > specifically : knight-errant
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