Complete Definition of "aberrant"

English

Etymology
Latin aberrans, -rantis, present participle of aberrare. See Aberr.

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Wandering; straying from the right way.
  2. biology Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

#:Quotations
#:*The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated - Darwin

  1. Deviating from morality.

Translations
Finnish: poikkeava, harhaileva
French: aberrant m
Hindi: पथभर�ष��, विपथ�ाम�
Italian: aberrante m
Portuguese: aberrante m
Romanian: aberant
Spanish: aberrante m

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ttbc|Vietnamese: lầm lạc, khác thư�ng

Noun
en-noun

  1. A person or object that is aberrant.
Shorthand
Gregg (Version: Centennial, Series 90, DJS,Simplified): a - b - r - a - nt

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Revision and Credits for"aberrant"
  • 2007-12-16 22:37 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/190.64.207.27|190.64.207.27]] ([[User_talk:190.64.207.27|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:DCDuring|DCDuring]]

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