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Definition of aberrant adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

aberrant

adjective
 
/əˈberənt/,
 
/ˈæbərənt/
 
/əˈberənt/,
 
/ˈæbərənt/
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  1. (formal) not usual or not socially acceptable
    • aberrant behaviour
  2. (biology) being or becoming different from the normal type
    • aberrant chromosomes
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin aberrant- ‘wandering away’, from the verb aberrare, from ab- ‘away, from’ + errare ‘to stray’.
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