ERRANT

errant. Errant, a. wandering, roving, notorious, arrant

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Er″rant (?), a. [[F. errant, p. pr. fr. OF. errer to travel, LL. iterare, fr. L. iter journey; confused somewhat with L. errare to err. See Eyre, and cf. Arrant, Itinerant.]] 1. 1. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.
Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of heaven. Sir T. Browne. 2. 2. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.
Would make me an errant fool. B. Jonson. 3. 3. (Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; — formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W.