EGAVE

arrant

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Complete; downright; utter.
    an arrant knave arrant nonsense
  2. adjective Very bad; despicable.
  3. adjective Obsolete form of errant (“roving around; wandering”).

Similar words

gross stark everlasting unmitigated pure utter thoroughgoing complete consummate sodding

Often followed by

nonsense coward a knave cowards knaves fool and thieves thief

Word family

arrantly

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