ABERRANCY

aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance

(noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

aberrancy (countable and uncountable, plural aberrancies)

The condition of being aberrant; an aberrance. [from 17th c.]

(geometry) The deviation of a curve from circular form.

Source: Wiktionary


Ab*er"rance, Ab*er"ran*cy, n.

Definition: State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc. Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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