aberrant
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”).[1] See aberr.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈbeɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/
Adjective
[edit]aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)
- Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16th century and the early 17th century.][3]
- Synonyms: abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange
- Antonyms: normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal
- (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][3]
- Synonyms: devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral
- Antonyms: correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous
- (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][3]
- Antonym: continuous
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of the Species:
- The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]deviating from the norm
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straying from the right way
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deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal
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Noun
[edit]aberrant (plural aberrants)
- A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
- (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
- 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 87:
- Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]
Synonyms
[edit]- (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
- (thing deviating from the natural type):
Translations
[edit]person wandering from the rest of the group
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Something that deviates from the usual or natural type
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References
[edit]- ^ Aberrant at Dictionary.com
- ^ “aberrant” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aberrant”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
Catalan
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Latin aberrantem, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]aberrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)
- aberrant
- (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aberrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]aberrant
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]aberrant (feminine aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aberrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]aberrant (strong nominative masculine singular aberranter, comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of aberrant
Comparative forms of aberrant
Superlative forms of aberrant
Further reading
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈber.rant/, [äˈbɛrːän̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈber.rant/, [äˈbɛrːän̪t̪]
Verb
[edit]aberrant
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin aberrāns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberrō (“I 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 (“I 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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]aberrant (neuter singular aberrant, definite singular and plural aberrante, comparative mer aberrant, superlative mest aberrant)
- (especially medicine) aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
- 2007 November 15, Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening[tidsskriftet.no]:
- aberrant lymfedrenasje og lymfeknutespredning kan forekomme
- aberrant lymphatic drainage and lymph node spread may occur
Noun
[edit]aberrant m (definite singular aberranten, indefinite plural aberranter, definite plural aberrantene)
- (botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)
References
[edit]- “aberrant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “aberrant” in Store norske leksikon
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