errant

Etymology
From, from , from , the  of , and then:


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

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Adjective

 * 1) Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
 * 2) Roving around; wandering.
 * 3) Prone to making errors; misbehaving.
 * 1) Roving around; wandering.
 * 2) Prone to making errors; misbehaving.

Usage notes
Although is a variant of errant, 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 The use of errant to mean “complete; downright; utter”, and arrant to mean “roving around; wandering”, is obsolete.

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 * Korean: 편력하는
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Noun

 * 1) A knight-errant.

Etymology 1
, present active participle of.

Adjective

 * 1) wandering, roving

Noun

 * 1)  A polychaete worm of the subclass Errantia

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) wandering, stray

Etymology
Present participle of, from rather than from , which is the ancestor of the other etymology of.

Adjective

 * 1) wandering; nomadic