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Webster 1913 Edition


Oberration

Obˊer-ra′tion

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Noun.
[L.
oberrate
to wander about.]
A wandering about.
[Obs.]
Jonhson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Oberration

OBERRA'TION

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Noun.
[L. oberro; ob and erro, to wander.] The act of wandering about. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


oberration

oberration

English

Noun

oberration (plural oberrations)

  1. (obsolete) A wandering about.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
    • 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.