Aberrant Definition
ăbər-ənt, ă-bĕr-
adjective
Deviating from what is considered proper or normal.
Aberrant behavior.
American Heritage
Turning away from what is right, true, etc.
Webster's New World
Deviating from what is typical for a specified thing.
An aberrant form of a gene.
American Heritage
Deviating from what is normal or typical.
Webster's New World
(literally figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
One that is aberrant.
American Heritage
An aberrant person or thing.
Webster's New World
A person or object that deviates from what is normal in his group.
Wiktionary
(biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosone number.
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Other Word Forms of Aberrant
Noun
Singular:
aberrant
Plural:
aberrantsOrigin of Aberrant
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From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.
From Wiktionary
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Latin aberrāns aberrant- present participle of aberrāre to go astray aberration
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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