arrant

[ar-uhnt] Example Sentences Origin

ar·rant

[ar-uhnt]
adjective
1.
downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious: an arrant fool.
2.
wandering; errant.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English, variant of errant

ar·rant·ly, adverb

arrant, errant.


1. thoroughgoing, utter, confirmed, flagrant.

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Arrant is a GRE word you need to know.
So is abnegate. Does it mean:
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action; something that serves to support an action or condition
refuse or deny oneself
Example Sentences
  • But more deplorable is his arrant and compulsive hypocrisy.
  • To call it a manifest triumph would be arrant stinginess with words.
  • Contrary to appearances, the cause is not simply a sorry case of arrant self-righteousness.
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arrant (ˈærənt)
 
adj
utter; out-and-out: an arrant fool
 
[C14: a variant of errant (wandering, vagabond); sense developed from its frequent use in phrases like arrant thief (hence: notorious)]
 
'arrantly
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

arrant
late 14c., variant of errant (q.v.); at first merely derogatory, then (1550) acquiring a meaning "thoroughgoing, downright, notorious."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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