aberrant

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”).[1] See aberr.[2]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈbɛɹ.n̩t/, /ˈæ.bəɹ.n̩t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əbˈɛɹ.n̩t/, /ˈæ.bəɹ.n̩t/

aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)

1. Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16^th century and the early 17^th century.][3]
2. (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.][3]
3. (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.][3]
   • 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of the Species:

     The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

• (differing from the norm): abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange
• (straying from the right way): devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral
• (deviating from the natural type):

• (differing from the norm): normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal
• (straying from the right way): correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous
• (deviating from the natural type): continuous

aberrant (plural aberrants)

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

• (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
• (thing deviating from the natural type):

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ə.bəˈrant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ə.bəˈran/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.beˈrant/

aberrant (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)

1. aberrant
2. (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)

• aberració
• aberrància

• “aberrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From French [Term?] aberrant-, stem of aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

• IPA^(key): /a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃/

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aberrant (feminine singular aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)

1. aberrant, abnormal or anomalous.
2. (sciences) Which is impossible according to the norms or rules.

• “aberrant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

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• Rhymes: -ant

aberrant (comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)

1. aberrant

• aberrant in Duden online

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈber.rant/, [aˈbɛr.rant]

aberrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of aberrō