arrant
[ar-uhnt]
- downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious: an arrant fool.
- wandering; errant.
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Origin of arrant
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absolute, blatant, glaring, notorious, out-and-out, unmitigated, unregenerateExamples from the Web for arrant
Historical Examples of arrant
"I'm afraid you're an arrant little coquette," said Katherine indulgently.
VivietteWilliam J. Locke
But they are all arrant cowards, and fear to approach me—fear even to come into this wood.
Green MansionsW. H. Hudson
This made me think that my correspondent was an arrant block-head.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
If the old woman has got any arrant at all, it's likely it's to your mother and me.
He was an arrant coward like the most of his downtrodden race.
Tess of the Storm CountryGrace Miller White
arrant
- utter; out-and-outan arrant fool
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Word Origin for arrant
C14: a variant of errant (wandering, vagabond); sense developed from its frequent use in phrases like arrant thief (hence: notorious)
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Word Origin and History for arrant
late 14c., variant of errant (q.v.); at first merely derogatory, "wandering, vagrant;" then (1540s) acquiring a meaning "thoroughgoing, downright, notorious."
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