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Webster 1913 Edition


Aberrant

Ab-er′rant

,
Adj.
[L.
aberrans
,
-rantis
, p. pr. of
aberrare
. See
Aberr
.]
1.
Wandering; straying from the right way.
2.
(Biol.)
Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
The more
aberrant
any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.
Darwin.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aberrant

ABER'RANT

,
Adj.
Wandering, straying from the right way. [Rarely used.]