aberrant, deviant, deviate
(adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm; “aberrant behavior”; “deviant ideas”
aberrant
(noun) one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)
Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16th century and the early 17th century.]
(sometimes, figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
(botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
• (differing from the norm): abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also strange
• (straying from the right way): devious, errant, immoral; see also immoral
• (deviating from the natural type)
• (differing from the norm): normal, regular, true; see also normal
• (straying from the right way): correct, right, straight; see also virtuous
• (deviating from the natural type): continuous
aberrant (plural aberrants)
A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
(biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
• (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also anomaly
• (thing deviating from the natural type)
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*er"rant, a. Etym: [L. aberrans, -rantis, p.pr. of aberrare.]
Definition: See Aberr.]
1. Wandering; straying from the right way.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated. Darwin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
