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errant

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er·rant  (rnt)
adj.
1. Roving, especially in search of adventure: knights errant.
2. Straying from the proper course or standards: errant youngsters.
3.
a. Wandering outside the established limits: errant lambs.
b. Aimless or irregular in motion: an errant afternoon breeze.

[Middle English erraunt, from Anglo-Norman, partly from Old French errer, to travel about (from Vulgar Latin *iterre, from Latin iter, journey; see ei- in Indo-European roots) and partly from Old French errer, to err; see err.]

errant n.
errant·ly adv.

errant [ˈɛrənt]
adj (often postpositive)
1. Archaic or literary wandering in search of adventure
2. erring or straying from the right course or accepted standards
[from Old French: journeying, from Vulgar Latin iterāre (unattested), from Latin iter journey; influenced by Latin errāre to err]
errantly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.errant - straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters"
fallible - likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"
2.errant - uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; "an errant breeze"
uncontrolled - not being under control; out of control; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth"

errant
adjective sinning, offending, straying, wayward, deviant, erring, aberrant His errant son ran up debts of over £3000.
Translations
errant [ˈerənt] ADJ (frm) → errante
see also knight C
errant [ˈɛrənt] adj
(= unfaithful) [husband] → infidèle
(= paedophile) [priest] → dévoyé(e)
[son, child] → délinquant(e)
errant
adj (= erring) wayssündig, verfehlt; husband etcuntreu; membersabtrünnig; (hum) Marxist, Freudianfehlgeleitet, auf Irrwegen
errant [ˈɛrənt] adj (frm) (wrong) → in errore; (unfaithful) → infedele


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Here are such numbers, I will not say of arrant thieves, but of errant knights and errant squires, errant monks and errant minstrels, errant jugglers and errant jesters, that a man with a single merk would be in danger, much more a poor swineherd with a whole bagful of zecchins.
IF knights errant were to be believed, not all castles were desirable places to seek hospitality in.
I saw myself, too, from the dramatic standpoint, and I was pleased with my role of the trusted friend bringing back the errant husband to his forgiving wife.
 
 
 
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