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.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /əˈbeɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/

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]

   Synonyms: abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange

   Antonyms: normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal

2. (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]^[3]

   Synonyms: devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral

   Antonyms: correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous

3. (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[3]

   Antonym: continuous

   • 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.

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.
   • 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 87:

     Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]

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

Borrowed from Latin aberrantem, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈran]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈrant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.beˈrant]

aberrant m or f (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.

aberrant

1. gerund of aberrar

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

• IPA^(key): /a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃/ ~ /a.be.ʁɑ̃/

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

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

• aberrer

• “aberrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

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• Rhymes: -ant

aberrant (strong nominative masculine singular aberranter, comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)

1. aberrant

• “aberrant” in Duden online
• “aberrant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈber.rant/, [äˈbɛrːän̪t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈber.rant/, [äˈbɛrːän̪t̪]

aberrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of aberrō

From Latin aberrāns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberrō (“I wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from errō (“I wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erzāō (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-eh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrasjon.

The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.

• IPA^(key): /abəˈrant/

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• Rhymes: -ant
• Hyphenation: ab‧err‧ant

aberrant (neuter singular aberrant, definite singular and plural aberrante, comparative mer aberrant, superlative mest aberrant)

1. (especially medicine) aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
   • 2007 November 15, Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening‎^{[tidsskriftet.no]}:

     aberrant lymfedrenasje og lymfeknutespredning kan forekomme

     aberrant lymphatic drainage and lymph node spread may occur

aberrant m (definite singular aberranten, indefinite plural aberranter, definite plural aberrantene)

1. (botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)

• “aberrant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “aberrant” in Store norske leksikon