errant

• adj.不定形な;あまのじゃくな;誤った;正しい道から外れる

errから、間違える。

errant (adj.)

mid-14c., "travelling, roving," from Anglo-French erraunt, from two Old French words that were confused even before they reached English: 1. Old French errant, present participle of errer "to travel or wander," from Late Latin iterare, from Latin iter "journey, way," from root of ire "to go" (see ion); 2. Old French errant, past participle of errer (see err). The senses fused in English 14c., but much of the sense of the latter since has gone with arrant.

1. Usually his cases involved errant husbands and wandering wives.

通常、彼が受けた事件は浮気をした夫と家出した妻に関連している。

2. His errant son at Dartmouth ran up debts of ￡250m.

彼の行動が格別な息子はダートマスで2億5千万ポンドの借金を抱えている。

3.She went to Paris to bring back her errant son.

彼女はパリに行って誤った道に入った息子を連れ戻した。

4.She went to New York to bring back her errant daughter.

彼女はニューヨークに行って岐路に立たされた娘を連れて帰った。

5.An errant husband is one who leaves his wife for other women.

邪道を行く夫とは、自分の妻を離れて他の女性と密通している人のこと。