errant
errant is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant. Would make me an errant fool. B. Jonson.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
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- benevolent
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- chivalric
- chivalry
- citizen
- civism
- common
- communism
- communist
- cosmopolitan
- cosmopolitanism
- cosmopolite
- country
- crank
- crazy
- dipsomaniac
- dreamer
- energumen
- enthusiast
- errantry
- fanatic
- for
- generosity
- generous
- happiness
- highflier
- humane
- humanitarian
- humanitarianism
- humanity
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- love
- low
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Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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