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Etymology

Coined between 1820 and 1830 from Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“‘go astray; err’”).[1] See aberr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)

  1. Differing from the norm, from the expected type; abnormal, anomalous.
  2. Deviating from morality; straying from the right way.
  3. (biology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
    • Charles Darwin,
      The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

Derived terms

Noun

aberrant (plural aberrants)

  1. A person or object that is aberrant.

Shorthand

(Version: Anniversary): a - b - e - r - a - nt
(Version: Pre_Anniversary): a - b - e - r - nt

Catalan

Etymology

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

Adjective

aberrant m and f (plural aberrants)

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

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

aberrant m. (f. aberrante, m. plural aberrants, f. plural aberrantes)

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

References

  1. ^ Aberrant at Dictionary.com

 

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