ERRANT


Meaning of ERRANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈer-ənt, ˈe-rənt ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English erraunt, from Anglo-French errant, present participle of errer to err & errer to travel, from Late Latin iterare, from Latin iter road, journey — more at itinerant

Date: 14th century

1. : traveling or given to traveling

an errant knight

2.

a. : straying outside the proper path or bounds

an errant calf

b. : moving about aimlessly or irregularly

an errant breeze

c. : behaving wrongly

an errant child

d. : fallible

• errant noun

• er·rant·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.