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aberrance

 [uh-ber-uhnt, ab-er-]   Origin

ab·er·rant

   [uh-ber-uhnt, ab-er-]
adjective
1.
departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
2.
deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal.
noun
3.
an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Origin:
1820–30; < Latin aberrant- (stem of aberrāns, present participle of aberrāre to deviate). See ab-, errant

Related forms
ab·er·rance, ab·er·ran·cy, noun
ab·er·rant·ly, adverb

Can be confused: aberrant, abhorrent.

Synonyms
1. wandering. 2. divergent, unusual.

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aberrant (æˈbɛrənt)
 
—adj
1.  deviating from the normal or usual type, as certain animals from the group in which they are classified
2.  behaving in an abnormal or untypical way
3.  deviating from truth, morality, etc
 
[rare before c19: from the present participle of Latin aberrāre to wander away]
 
ab'errance
 
—n
 
ab'errancy
 
—n

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aberrant
1830, originally in natural history, from L. aberrantem (nom. aberrans), prp. of aberrare "to wonder away, go astray" (see aberration).
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aberrant ab·er·rant (ā-běr'ənt, āb'ər-)
adj.

  1. Deviating from the usual course, as certain ducts, vessels, or nerves.

  2. Deviating from the normal; untrue to type.

  3. Out of place; ectopic.

ab·er'ran·cy n.

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