errant
pronunciation
How to pronounce errant in British English:
UK [ˈerənt]
How to pronounce errant in American English:
US [ˈɛrənt]
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- Adjective:
- straying from the right course or from accepted standards
- uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable
Word Origin
- errant (adj.)
- mid-14c., "travelling, roving," from Anglo-French erraunt, from two Old French words that were confused even before they reached English: 1. Old French errant, present participle of errer "to travel or wander," from Late Latin iterare, from Latin iter "journey, way," from root of ire "to go" (see ion); 2. Old French errant, past participle of errer (see err). The senses fused in English 14c., but much of the sense of the latter since has gone with arrant.
Example
- 1. Find those wide receivers who leap to catch an errant pass .
- 2. Somebody 's errant leads a converse result .
- 3. This person turns ah turn , take errant definite view .
- 4. The result is that responsibility for bailing out the errant eurozone members has been inexorably shifting away from the banking sector to taxpayers in the better-off countries .
- 5. Many women stay loyal to errant husbands .