22 February 2013

aberrant

[uh-ber-uhnt, ab-er-]
adjective

1. departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
2. deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal.
noun
3. an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.

Origin:
1820–30; < Latin aberrant- (stem of aberrāns, present participle of aberrāre to deviate). See ab-, errant

Related forms
ab·er·rance, ab·er·ran·cy, noun
ab·er·rant·ly, adverb

Can be confused: aberrant, abhorrent.

Synonyms
1. wandering. 2. divergent, unusual.

Today’s aphorism

I never think that people die. They just go to department stores.

– Andy Warhol

On this day

22 February 1962 – birth of Steve Irwin, ‘The Crocodile Hunter’, Australian wildlife expert and television personality. (Died 4 September 2006).

22 February 1987 – death of Andy Warhol, American pop artist.