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adj
Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
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adj
Roving around; wandering.
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adj
Prone to erring or making errors; misbehaving.
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adj
Obsolete form of arrant (“complete; downright, utter”).
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Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
A knight-errant.
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adjective satellite
uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable
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adjective satellite
straying from the right course or from accepted standards
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History
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.
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