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aberrant

Pronunciation: /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/

The English word “aberrant” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Differing from the norm.
  2. Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
  3. Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

noun

  1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
  2. A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

Etymology

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.

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