What does "errant" mean?
Errant: Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant. Would make me an errant fool. B. Jonson.
Additional senses
- 2.(Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W.
- 3.One who wanders about. [Obs.] Fuller.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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