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ar⋅rant
[ar-uh
nt] 
–adjective
| 1. | downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious: an arrant fool. |
| 2. | wandering; errant. |
Related forms:
ar⋅rant⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. thoroughgoing, utter, confirmed, flagrant.
1. thoroughgoing, utter, confirmed, flagrant.
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| ar·rant (ār'ənt) adj. Completely such; thoroughgoing: an arrant fool; the arrant luxury of the ocean liner. [Variant of errant.] ar'rant·ly adv. |
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Arrant
Ar"rant\, a. [OE. erraunt, errant, errand, equiv. to E. errant wandering, which was first applied to vagabonds, as an errant rogue, an errant thief, and hence passed gradually into its present and worse sense. See Errant.] Notoriously or pre["e]minently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward. I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. --Fuller. 2. Thorough or downright, in a good sense. [Obs.] An arrant honest woman. --Burton.
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arrant
c.1386, variant of errant (q.v.), at first merely derogatory, then (1550) acquiring a meaning "thoroughgoing, downright."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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