Complete Definition of "aberrancy"

English

Noun
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  1. Variant of aberrance. A wandering or deviate|deviating from the right way; especially, a deviation from truth or rectitude.

Quotations
1871: w:Thomas Hardy|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: w:Hugo de Vries|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.

References
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