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erraunt

erraunt is the obsolete form of errant.

Meaning of errant

Adjective

errant (comparative more errant, superlative most errant)

  1. Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
    • In that there are just seven Planets or errant Stars in the lower Orbs of heaven: but it is now demonstrable unto sense, that there are many more1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 6th book, page 244
  2. Roving around; wandering.
  3. Prone to erring or making errors; misbehaving.
    • We ran down the street in pursuit of the errant dog.

See all 4 meanings of errant

Forms of erraunt

comparativemore erraunt
superlativemost erraunt

Questions about erraunt

What is erraunt the obsolete form of?
Erraunt is the obsolete form of errant.

Words near erraunt in the dictionary

  1. erratics
  2. erration
  3. errations
  4. erratique
  5. erratum
  6. erraunt
  7. errday
  8. erred
  9. erred on the side of
  10. erred on the side of caution
  11. Errenteria

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