errant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite straying from the right course or from accepted standards
    • errant youngsters
  2. adjective satellite uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable
    • an errant breeze

WordNet

Er"rant adjective
Etymology
F. errant, p. pr. fr. OF. errer to travel, LL. iterare, fr. L. iter journey; confused somewhat with L. errare to err. See Eyre, and cf. Arrant, Itinerant.
Definitions
  1. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.
    Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of heaven. Sir T. Browne.
  2. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.
    Would make me an errant fool. B. Jonson.
  3. (Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W.
Er"rant noun
Definitions
  1. One who wanders about. Obs. Fuller.

Webster 1913