Definition of Arant
Ar"rant (&?;), a. [OE. erraunt,
errant, errand, equiv. to E. errant wandering, which
was first applied to vagabonds, as an errant rogue, an errant
thief, and hence passed gradually into its present and worse sense. See
Errant.] Notoriously or preëminently bad; thorough or
downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant
rogue or coward.
I discover an arrant laziness in my soul.
Fuller.
2. Thorough or downright, in a good sense.
[Obs.]
An arrant honest woman.
Burton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Utter; complete.
arrant nonsense!
- variant of errant
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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