Aberrant Definition
(literally figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
(botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
(biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosone number.
Other Word Forms of Aberrant
Noun
Origin of Aberrant
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From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.
From Wiktionary
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Latin aberrāns aberrant- present participle of aberrāre to go astray aberration
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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