errant. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

errant

SYLLABICATION:	er·rant
PRONUNCIATION:	rnt
ADJECTIVE:	1. Roving, especially in search of adventure: knights errant. 2. Straying from the proper course or standards: errant youngsters. 3a. Wandering outside the established limits: errant lambs. b. Aimless or irregular in motion: an errant afternoon breeze.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English erraunt, from Anglo-Norman, partly from Old French errer, to travel about (from Vulgar Latin ^*iterre, from Latin iter, journey; see ei- in Appendix I)and partly from Old French errer, to errerr.
OTHER FORMS:	errant —NOUN errant·ly —ADVERB


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