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