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Word entry · 8 letters

aberrant

Best crossword clue

"Markedly unusual"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aabenrrtStarts with AEnds with T2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. markedly different from an accepted norm

Word origin

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.

Used in a sentence

  • The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.
  • Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Markedly unusual8 letters
02Deviating from norm8 letters

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