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aberratic en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Characterized by aberration.
    • the law of reciprocity which informs like a gravitational force the seemingly aberratic motions of his bizarre, fictive universe 1988, Chinua Achebe, “The Truth of Fiction”, in Hopes and Impediments, New York: Doubleday, published 1989, page 144:
    • […] I believe that this species will turn out only an aberratic form of [Ellema] harrisii—hardly a variety—for were it a variety it would occur more frequently. 1888, John Bernhard Smith, A Monograph of the Sphingidae of America North of Mexico, Philadelphia: American Entomological Society, page 209:
    • the passionate maidens so woefully aberratic in their love affairs, the comic poodles and Scotch terriers, the outspoken families and crusty elders who make up Miss Broughton’s Dramatis Personæ 1902, Harry Quilter, What’s What, London: Sonnenschein, page 288:

Forms

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most aberratic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more aberratic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

abnormal · aberrant · aberrational