errant

adj.

1. Roving, especially in search of adventure: knights errant.
2. Straying from the proper course or standards: errant youngsters.
3. 1. Wandering outside the established limits: errant lambs.
   2. Aimless or irregular in motion: an errant afternoon breeze.

[Middle English erraunt, from Anglo-Norman, partly from Old French errer, to travel about (from Vulgar Latin *iterāre , from Latin iter, journey) and partly from Old French errer, to err; see err.]

errant er'rant n.
errantly er'rant·ly adv.

adjective

1. Traveling about, especially in search of adventure: roaming, roving, wandering. See move/halt.
2. Straying from a proper course or standard: aberrant. See correct/incorrect.

adj

Definition: wrong; deviant
Antonyms: correct, righteous

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1) traveling
2) straying outside the proper path; moving about aimlessly; deviating from a standard; fallible

IN BRIEF: Wandering in search of adventure. Also: Behaving badly.

An errant goat knocked down a part of the fence.

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.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fejlende, afvigende, omstrejfende, omvandrende

Nederlands (Dutch)
dolend, dwalend, afvallig, feilbaar

Français (French)
adj. - errant, dévoyé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - irrig, fehlgeleitet, auf der Suche nach Abenteuern umherziehend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βρισκόμενος σε πλάνη, πλανώμενος, περιπλανώμενος σε αναζήτηση περιπετειών

Italiano (Italian)
errante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - errante

Русский (Russian)
странствующий, заблуждающийся

Español (Spanish)
adj. - errante, vagabundo, andante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kringvandrande, vilsegången

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
周游的, 错误的, 不定的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 周遊的, 錯誤的, 不定的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 돌아다니는 , 그릇된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 正道から外れた, 遍歴する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تائه, شارد, رحاله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮טועה, בורח מהבית, תועה‬

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