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Webster 1913 Edition
Oberration
Obˊer-ra′tion
,Noun.
[L.
oberrate
to wander about.] A wandering about.
[Obs.]
Jonhson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Oberration
OBERRA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
oberration
oberration
English
Noun
oberration (plural oberrations)
- (obsolete) A wandering about.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- 1838, Pierce Egan, The Pilgrims of the Thames in Search of the National!, W. Strange (London), p. 214 (Google preview):
- [T]hey wandered through the park, the enjoyment of which oberration, Pundit declared was excessive.