oberration
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin oberrate to wander about.
Noun edit
oberration (plural oberrations)
- (obsolete) A wandering about.
- 1675, Francis Roberts, Clavis Bibliorum:
- Oberration and peregrination of David
- 1838, Pierce Egan, The Pilgrims of the Thames in Search of the National!, W. Strange (London), p. 214 (Google preview):
- [T]hey wandered through the park, the enjoyment of which oberration, Pundit declared was excessive.
References edit
- “oberration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.