errant

errant Definition

er·rant (er′ənt)

adjective

roving or wandering, esp. in search of adventure; itinerant a knight-errant
1. Etymology: OFr, prp. of errer (see err), confused with errer, to rove, travel
  erring or straying from what is right or the right course
2. shifting about an errant wind
Obsolete arrant

Etymology: ME erraunt < OFr errant, prp. of errer < ML iterare, to travel < L iter, a journey: see itinerant

errant Related Forms

er′·rantly adverb

errant Synonyms

modif.

itinerant, rambling, shifting, straying; see erring, wandering 1.

errant Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

motorist: Yet public binge drinking is still treated with a tact and understanding that is utterly denied to the errant motorist.
husband: From Persia, too, comes the ancient recipe for regaining an errant husband.
father: Make errant fathers pay up, instead of the honest hard working taxpayer.
son: Three weeks later Sean's mother had to ring the SRU to find the whereabouts of her errant son.
shot: There are many well placed pot bunkers lying in wait to catch the errant shot.
driver: Speeding is not the activity of a minority of errant drivers.

Modifying Another Word

woefully: Quite simply, it is because we are continuing to adhere to some woefully errant farming policy instituted nearly 50 years ago.

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