aberrant.
aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Meaning & usage
aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Where this word comes from
From Latin aberrāns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberrō (“to wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from errō (“to wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erzāō (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-eh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrasjon. The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.
an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)
Where this word comes from
From Latin aberrāns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberrō (“to wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from errō (“to wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erzāō (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-eh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrasjon. The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.
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