aberr

English

Etymology

Latin aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from, away from”) +‎ errō (“stray”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈbɜː(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɝ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

aberr (third-person singular simple present aberrs, present participle aberring, simple past and past participle aberred)

(intransitive, obsolete) To go astray; to err. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the mid 17^th century.][1]
(transitive, rare) Distort; aberrate. [First attested in the late 19^th century.][1]

References

Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aberr”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Anagrams

Barre, Berra, Raber, arber, barer, barre, berra, rebar

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