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Errant
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
One who wanders about. [Obs.] Fuller.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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. Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W.