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Added 30 September 2026

aberrant

/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/ adjective

Latin root: aberrāns Wiktionary

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Differing from the norm. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

noun

A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

Origin

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.

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