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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arrant \Ar"rant\, a. [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}.] Notoriously or pre["e]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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arrant adj : without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense" [syn: {arrant(a)}, {complete(a)}, {consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)}, {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)}, {perfect(a)}, {pure(a)}, {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)}, {thoroughgoing(a)}, {utter(a)}]
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