arrant

Etymology
A variant of, from , from , from , the  of , and then:


 * from (compare 🇨🇬, ), from, ultimately from ; and
 * from, the   of , ultimately from.

The original sense was sense 3. Due to the word being used to describe disreputable persons who wandered about (for example, arrant knave and arrant thief), it came to be used as an (sense 1: “complete; downright; utter”) and to have a negative meaning (sense 2: “very bad; despicable”).

Adjective

 * 1)  Complete; downright; utter.
 * 2)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.
 * 1)  Very bad; despicable.

Usage notes
Although arrant is a variant of, their modern meanings have diverged. Arrant is used in the sense “complete; downright; utter” (for example, “arrant knaves”), while errant means “roving around; wandering” and is often used after the noun it modifies (for example, “knight errant”). The use of errant to mean “complete; downright; utter”, and arrant to mean “roving around; wandering”, is obsolete.