[ˈɛrənt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- erring or straying from the accepted course or standards
(e.g: an errant husband coming back from a night on the tiles)

- travelling in search of adventure
(e.g: that same lady errant)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in errant): errant from Latin errant- ‘erring’, from the verb errare; errant from Old French errant ‘travelling’, present participle of errer, from late Latin iterare ‘go on a journey’, from iter ‘journey’. Compare with arrant