errant

1. a. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving. Source: opted

2. a. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant. Source: opted

3. a. Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. Source: opted

4. n. One who wanders about. Source: opted

5. adj. straying from the right course or from accepted standards Source: wordnet

6. adj. uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

8. Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who wenton circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W. Source: adambom

9. j:100 s. straying from the right course or from accepted standards s. uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable Source: ecdict

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