aberrant

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (go astray; err), from ab (from) + errō (to wander).[1] See aberr[2].

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /əˈbɛr.n̩t/, /ˈæ.bər.n̩t/
  • (US) IPA: /əbˈɛɹ.n̩t/, /ˈæ.bər.n̩t/

Adjective [edit]

aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)


  1. (obsolete) Differing from the norm. [Attesting from the mid 16th century until the early 17th century.][3]
  2. (literally, figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][3]
  3. (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][3]
    • 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.

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Translations [edit]

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Noun [edit]

aberrant (plural aberrants)

  1. A person or object that deviates from what is normal in his group.
  2. (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosone number.

Shorthand [edit]

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

References [edit]

  1. ^ Aberrant at Dictionary.com
  2. ^ “aberrant” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 4:

Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Adjective [edit]

aberrant m, f (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)

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

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

aberrant m (feminine aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)

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

German [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

aberrant (comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)

  1. aberrant

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Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

aberrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of aberrō