aberrant

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Synonyms: arrant, errant, abeyant, aberrate, aberrancy, aberrance, inerrant, abhorrant, unerrant, aberfan, guerrant

Antonyms: arrant, errant, abeyant, aberrate, aberrancy, aberrance, inerrant, abhorrant, unerrant, aberfan, guerrant

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Adjective

1. Differing from the [[norm]]. {{defdate|First attested sometime between the mid 16^th century and the early 17^th century.}}<ref name=SOED>{{R:SOED5|page=4}}</ref>
2. {{lb|en|sometimes|figuratively}} Straying from the right way; deviating from [[morality]] or truth. {{defdate|First attested in the mid 18^th century.}}<ref name=SOED/>
3. {{lb|en|botany|zoology}} [[deviating|Deviating]] from the ordinary or natural type; [[exceptional]]; [[abnormal]]. {{defdate|First attested in the mid 19^th century.}}<ref name=SOED/>

Noun

1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
2. {{lb|en|biology}} A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an [[atypical]] chromosome number.

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