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Errant

Errant Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Errant? [adj] capable of making an error; "all men are error-prone" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Errant: erring \| error-prone \| fallible Related Terms \| Find terms related to Errant: aberrant \| aberrative \| abroad \| adrift \| all abroad \| all off \| all wrong \| amiss \| askew \| astray \| at fault \| awry \| beside the mark \| circuitous \| circumforaneous \| corrupt \| deceptive \| defective \| delusive \| departing \| desultory \| deviant \| deviating \| deviational \| deviative \| deviatory \| devious \| digressive \| discursive \| distorted \| divagatory \| drifting \| errable \| erratic \| erring \| erroneous \| error-prone \| excursive \| fallacious \| fallible \| false \| faultful \| faulty \| flawed \| flitting \| floating \| footloose \| footloose and fancy-free \| fugitive \| gadding \| gypsyish \| gypsy-like \| heretical \| heterodox \| illogical \| illusory \| indirect \| itinerant \| labyrinthine \| landloping \| liable to error \| mazy \| meandering \| migrational \| migratory \| misbehaving \| mischievous \| naughty \| nomad \| nomadic \| not right \| not true \| off \| off the track \| open to error \| out \| out-of-the-way \| peccant \| perverse \| perverted \| planetary \| rambling \| ranging \| roaming \| roving \| self-contradictory \| serpentine \| shifting \| snaky \| straggling \| stray \| straying \| strolling \| swerving \| traipsing \| transient \| transitory \| transmigratory \| turning \| twisting \| undirected \| unfactual \| unorthodox \| unproved \| unreliable \| untrue \| vagabond \| vagrant \| veering \| wandering \| wide \| winding \| wrong \| zigzag See Also \| Errant In Webster's Dictionary \Er"rant\, a. [F. errant, p. pr. fr. OF. errer to travel, LL. iterare, fr. L. iter journey; confused somewhat with L. errare to err. See {Eyre}, and cf. {Arrant}, {Itinerant}.] 1. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving. Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of heaven. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant. Would make me an errant fool. --B. Jonson. 3. (Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. --Mozley & W. \Er"rant\, n. One who wanders about. [Obs.] --Fuller.

Errant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Errant?

[adj] capable of making an error; "all men are error-prone"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Errant: erring | error-prone | fallible

See Also |

Errant In Webster's Dictionary

\Er"rant\, a. [F. errant, p. pr. fr. OF. errer to travel,
LL. iterare, fr. L. iter journey; confused somewhat with L.
errare to err. See {Eyre}, and cf. {Arrant}, {Itinerant}.]
1. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a
   direct path; roving.

         Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of
         heaven.                               --Sir T.
                                               Browne.

2. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.

         Would make me an errant fool.         --B. Jonson.

3. (Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to
   judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.
   --Mozley & W.


\Er"rant\, n.
One who wanders about. [Obs.] --Fuller.

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