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errant
[ er-uhnt ]
/ ËÉr Ént /
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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.
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Origin of errant
1300â50; Middle English erraunt<Middle French, Old French errant, present participle of errer, edrer to travel <Vulgar Latin *iterÄre to journey, for Late Latin itinerÄrÄ«, derivative of iter, stem itiner- journey (see itinerary); confused with Middle French errant, present participle of errer to err
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erotomania, err, errancy, errand, errand boy, errant, errantry, errare humanum est, errata, erratic, erratically
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British Dictionary definitions for errant
errant
/ (ËÉrÉnt) /
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, adverbWord Origin for errant
C14: from Old French: journeying, from Vulgar Latin iterÄre (unattested), from Latin iter journey; influenced by Latin errÄre to err
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