Ār'rant, a.

a. [O. Eng. errant, errant, errand, equiv. to Eng. 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.]

1. In right earnest. [Obs.] “An errant honest woman.” Burton.
2. Notorious, in an ill sense; infamous; mere; vile; as, an errant rogue or coward.

I discover an errant laziness in my soul. Fuller.