errant
Meanings
Plural: errants
Adjective Satellite
- straying from the right course or from accepted standards
- "errant youngsters"
- uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable
- "an errant breeze"
Adj
- Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
- Roving around; wandering.
- Prone to err or making errors; misbehaving.
- Obsolete form of arrant (“complete; downright, utter”).
Noun
- A knight-errant.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English erraunt [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman erraunt, from Old French errant, the present participle of errer (“to walk (to); to wander (to); (figuratively) to travel, voyage”), and then:
* from Vulgar Latin iterāre (compare Late Latin itinerāre, itinerāri (“to travel, voyage”)), from Latin iter (“a route (including a journey, trip; a course; a path; a road)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”); and
* from Latin errantem, the accusative feminine or masculine singular of errāns (“straying, errant; wandering”), the present active participle of errō (“to rove, wander; to get lost, go astray; to err, wander from the truth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”).
Doublet of arrant.
Scrabble Score: 6
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