ERRANT


Meaning of ERRANT in English

[ 'ɛr(ə)nt ]

■ adjective

1》 formal or humorous erring or straying from the accepted course or standards.

2》 archaic or literary travelling in search of adventure. See also knight ~ .

3》 Zoology (of a polychaete worm) of a predatory kind that moves about actively and is not confined to a tube or burrow.

Derivatives

errancy noun

~ry noun

Origin

ME: sense 1 from L. ~- , errare 'err'; sense 2 from OFr. ~ 'travelling', pres. participle of errer , from late L. iterare 'go on a journey', from iter 'journey'.

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