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(ăr'ənt) pronunciation
adj.
Completely such; thoroughgoing: an arrant fool; the arrant luxury of the ocean liner.

[Variant of ERRANT.]

arrantly ar'rant·ly adv.

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thoroughgoing, confirmed; notoriously or outstandingly bad
(compare errant)
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Without qualification.

Tutor's tip: It took too long to run the "errand" (a brief trip to do something specific) due to the "arrant" (thorough; unmitigated) directions from an "errant" (wandering, straying, moving aimlessly) mall shopper.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - helt og aldeles, topmålt, notorisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
doortrapt, aarts-

Français (French)
adj. - fieffé, (fou) fini

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Erz-, dreist, unverhüllt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διαβόητος, περιβόητος, σκέτος

Italiano (Italian)
famigerato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - errante, completo, reconhecido

Русский (Russian)
настоящий, сущий, отъявленный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - notorio, consumado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ärke-, ur-, durkdriven

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
极恶的, 声名狼藉的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 極惡的, 聲名狼藉的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 악명 높은, 완전한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 全くの, 途方もない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متشرد, رئي جدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מובהק, גמור, ידוע לשמצה‬


 
 
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