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Arrant
Pronunciation : Ar"rant
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : Defn: Notoriously or pre?minently 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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