errant

errant
[ˈɛr(ə)nt]
adjective

[attrib.](chiefly formal or humorous)erring or straying from the accepted course or standards
(主正式，幽默)出错的；出轨的；出格的
he could never forgive his daughter's errant ways.
他永远无法原谅女儿的出格行为。
■(Zoology)(of a polychaete worm) of a predatory kind that moves about actively and is not confined to a tube or burrow
(动)（多毛类动物）游走的
[often postpositive](archaic or poetic/literary)travelling in search of adventure
(古，诗／文)（为探险而）漫游的；漂泊的；浪迹的；游侠的。参见 knight errant
that same lady errant.
同一个女侠。

派生
errancy
noun

errantry
noun

语源

Middle English (in sense 2): sense 1 from Latin errant- 'erring', from the verb errare; sense 2 from Old French errant 'travelling', present participle of errer, from late Latin iterare 'go on a journey', from iter 'journey'. Compare with arrant

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