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deviant

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈdiː.vi.ənt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted adeintvStarts with DEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. markedly different from an accepted norm

Word origin

From Middle English devyaunt (“deviating, different”), from Late Latin dēviāns, present participle of dēviō (“to stray, deviate or detour”). The noun is from the adjective, possibly attested in Middle English with the meaning “one who goes astray”.

Used in a sentence

  • At the trial, the extent of his deviant behaviour became clear.
  • He was branded as a deviant and ostracized.
  • As the graph shows, the March sales trend is the deviant.

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