aberrant

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/ (UK)
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/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/ (UK) · /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/ (UK) · /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/ (US) · /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/ (US) · /əˈbeɹ.ənt/ · /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/

Definition of aberrant

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Differing from the norm.
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adj

  1. Differing from the norm.
  2. (figuratively, sometimes)Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
  3. Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
    “The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.”

noun

  1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
  2. A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
    “Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]”

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Etymology

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

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