[ab.er.rant] adj [L aberrant-, aberrans, prp. of aberrare to go astray, fr. ab- + errare to wander, err] (ca. 1780) 1: straying from the right or normal way
2: deviating from the usual or natural type: atypical -- ab.er.rance n -- ab.er.ran.cy n -- ab.er.rant.ly adv
[2]aberrant n (1938) 1: an aberrant group, individual, or structure
2: a person whose behavior departs substantially from the standard