aberrant

aberrant
aberrance, aberrancy, n.aberrantly, adv.
/euh ber"euhnt, ab"euhr-/, adj.
1. departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
2. deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal.
n.
3. an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.
[1820-30; < L aberrant- (s. of aberrans, prp. of aberrare to deviate). See AB-, ERRANT]
Syn. 1. wandering. 2. divergent, unusual.

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