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errant — errant, ante 1. (è rran, rran t ) adj. 1° Qui erre, qui n est pas fixé. Peuples errants. Hordes errantes. • La vie errante que je mène depuis quarante ans et plus, m ayant donné occasion de voir et de visiter, plusieurs fois et de plusieurs… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
errant — Errant, [err]ante. adj. Vagabond, qui erre de costé & d autre. Il est errant & vagabond. Chevalier errant. le Juif errant. estoiles errantes. On dit fig. d Un homme qui change souvent de demeure, qui voyage sans cesse, que C est un Chevalier… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Errant — Er rant, a. [F. errant, p. pr. fr. OF. errer to travel, LL. iterare, fr. L. iter journey; confused somewhat with L. errare to err. See {Eyre}, and cf. {Arrant}, {Itinerant}.] 1. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
errant — [er′ənt] adj. [ME erraunt < OFr errant, prp. of errer < ML iterare, to travel < L iter, a journey: see ITINERANT] 1. roving or wandering, esp. in search of adventure; itinerant [a knight errant] 2. a) [OFr, prp. of errer (see ERR),… … English World dictionary
errant — (adj.) mid 14c., travelling, roving, from Anglo Fr. erraunt, from two Old French words that were confused even before they reached English: 1. Old French errant, prp. of errer to travel or wander, from L.L. iterare, from L. iter journey, way,… … Etymology dictionary
Errant — Er rant, n. One who wanders about. [Obs.] Fuller. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Errant — Errant, lat. deutsch, irrend; errare humanum, irren ist menschlich; errata, Druckfehler … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
errant — I adjective aberrant, amiss, astray, at fault, awry, deviant, deviating, deviatory, erring, erroneous, fallacious, faultful, faulty, imperfect, incorrect, misdirected, mistaken, not right, peccant, wrong II index astray, blameful, blameworthy … Law dictionary
errant — [adj] wrong; deviant aberrant, deviating, devious, drifting, errable, erratic, erring, fallible, heretic, meandering, misbehaving, mischievous, miscreant, naughty, offending, off straight and narrow*, rambling, ranging, roaming, roving, shifting … New thesaurus
errant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) chiefly formal or humorous straying from the accepted course or standards. 2) archaic or literary travelling in search of adventure. DERIVATIVES errantry noun. ORIGIN sense 1 from Latin errare err ; sense 2 from Old French,… … English terms dictionary
errant — 1. errant, ante [ erɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • XIIe; p. prés. de l a. v. errer « marcher, aller », du bas lat. iterare « voyager » ♦ Chevalier errant, qui ne cesse de voyager. Le Juif errant. ⊗ CONTR. Sédentaire. errant 2. errant, ante [ erɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • … Encyclopédie Universelle
