🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

aberrante

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aberrante

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Aberrant/ˈæb.ə.rənt/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O comportamento aberrante dos sujeitos foi notado."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Departing from an accepted standard or norm.

    "The scientist noted the aberrant behavior of the test subjects during the experiment."
  2. 2

    Straying from the usual or natural type.

    "The aberrant results of the study raised questions about the methodology used."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'aberrant' originates from the Latin 'aberrans', the present participle of 'aberrāre', meaning 'to stray away'. It entered English in the early 19th century, evolving to describe deviations from the norm or expected behavior.

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