Definition of ABERRANT

aberrant

Meanings

Plural: aberrants

Noun

  • one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
  • 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.

Adjective Satellite

  • markedly different from an accepted norm
    • "aberrant behavior"

Adj

  • Differing from the norm.
  • Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
  • Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 10

aberrant is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
aberrant is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
aberrant is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

aberrant is a valid Words With Friends word