Thesaurus: errant

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1. a. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.
2. a. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.
3. a. Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.
4. n. One who wanders about.
5. adj. straying from the right course or from accepted standards
6. adj. uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable
7. 1. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving. Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of heaven. Sir T. Browne. 2. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant. Would make me an errant fool. B. Jonson. 3. (Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W. One who wanders about. [Obs.] Fuller.
8. Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who wenton circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W.
9. j:100 s. straying from the right course or from accepted standards s. uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable