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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/
• (General Australian) IPA: /əˈbeɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/

形容詞

aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)

1. Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16 century and the early 17 century.]

   Synonyms: abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange

   Antonyms: normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal

2. (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18 century.]

   Synonyms: devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral

   Antonyms: correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous

3. (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19 century.]

   Antonym: continuous

   • 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of the Species:

     The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

派生語

名詞

aberrant (plural aberrants)

1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
2. (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
   • 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 87:

     Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]

同意語

• (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
• (thing deviating from the natural type):

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動詞

aberrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of aberrō