Errant

What do we mean by errant?

Roving, especially in search of adventure. adjective

Failing to adhere to guidelines or moral standards. adjective

Moving from the proper course or established limits. adjective

Aimless or irregular in motion. adjective

Missing an intended target or recipient. adjective

Wandering; roving; rambling: applied particularly to knights (knights errant) of the middle ages, who are represented as wandering about to seek adventures and display their heroism and generosity.

Deviating; straying from the straight, true, or right course; erring.

In zoology, free; not fixed; locomotory; specifically, pertaining to the Errantia; not tubicolous: as, the errant annelids.

Notorious; manifest: in this sense now spelled only arrant. See arrant, 2.

A knight errant. noun

Itinerant.

Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving. adjective

Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant. adjective

Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. adjective

One who wanders about. noun

Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits adjective

Prone to making errors adjective

Utter, complete (negative); arrant adjective

Uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable adjective

A knight-errant.

Words that are spelled similarly to errant:
errant, errand, arrant, ferrant.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word errant:
backstop, sedentary, calcareous, evading, wandering, puck, throw, tee, snap, umpire, bounced, catcher, jew, elbow, pass, sammy, pitches, shots, glacier, punt, interception, barriers, hal, throws, vic, pitch, stick, balls, ball, knight, permanently, kick, missile, hole, shot, porter, touchdown, shells, receiver, syrian, thrown, opposing, quarterback, romance, prevented, tales, heroes, yards, landed, defensive, fired, rolling, struck, drove, eye, blind, adam, hit, golf, net, behavior, causing, taylor, tigers, injuries.

Words that rhyme with errant:
inherent, apparent, aberrant, transparent, parent, declarant, grandparent, arendt, female parent, heir apparent, darent, berent, great grandparent, foster parent, behrendt, male parent, guerrant, ferrant, berendt, bare hint, bear hunt, dare hint, emerant, eyre hunt, hare hunt, rare hint.

Adjectives that are often used to describe errant:
true, young, knight, modern, most, adventurous, own, medieval, vain, single, chivalrous, famous, bold, quaint, immortal, certain, last, more, worthy, rash, veritable, spiritual, real, pious, saint, doughty, chevalier, perfect, ever, valiant, ideal, quixotic, emperor, typical, solitary, mediaeval, unkind, illustrious, obedient, chivalry, apostle, astral, misguided, vigorous, romantic, wild, north, landless, literary, valorous, brave, expensive, multi, gentlemen, bailiff, day, desperate, weak, intellectual, female, absent, reliable, century, absolute, eager, cheualier, spanish, mere, inveterate.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective errant:
husband, son, knight, child, ways, behavior, wife, knights, children, members, thoughts, daughter, shot, strand, soul, shots, husbands, member, lock, breeze, polychaetes, fancy, ball, brother, strands, lover, thought, nonsense, father, spouse, youth, curl, schoolboy, ones, balls, souls, behaviour, pass, boy, sons, mind, sheep, path, hair, wives, officials, course, wind, individuals, student, pupil, officers, spirit, employee, saints, bullet, driver, vehicles, missile, bomb, offspring, home, program, cause, individual, wings, piece, couple, fathers, hairs, damsels, vehicle, boys, lady, mother, pitch, students, tendencies, spirits, application, sphere, stars, impulses, nephew, flock, curls, code.

Consonant match to errant:
arrant, aroint, arent, aroynt, orant, oriente, arendt, arhant, arant, ahrendt, eyre hunt, hare hunt.

Words that sound like errant:
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