aberrancy

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[edit] Noun

aberrancy (plural aberrancies)

1. Aberrance. A wandering or deviating from the right way; especially, a deviation from truth or rectitude.
   • 1871: Thomas Hardy, Desperate Remedies

     A little like other men of his temperament, to whom, it is somewhat humiliating to think, the aberrancy of a given love is in itself a recommendation.

   • 1905: Hugo de Vries, Species and Varieties: Their Origin by Mutation

     In some cases this fissure extends to the petals of the flowers, and changes them in a way quite analogous to the aberrancy of the leaves.

[edit] References

• aberrancy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911