" arrant "

[Adjective]  | "ar*rant" | \ ˈa-rənt \

1: being notoriously without moderation : extreme

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English arraunt, variant of erraunt "wandering, itinerant" (reflecting lowering of to before ); arraunt, erraunt in sense "notorious, reprobate" (hence, "extreme") from its use in the collocation theef erraunt, erraunt theif "outlawed robber roaming the country" {mat|errant|};

  * Note : The two spellings arrant and errant (and presumably the associated pronunciations) were used indiscriminately into the 17th century, after which arrant became limited to its current meaning; since Robert Baker's Reflections on the English Language (1770), usage commentators have considered errant in the sense "arrant" as an error.;

[Adjective]  | "arrant"