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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

arrant
    adj 1: 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"; "the
           unadulterated truth" [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),
           unadulterated]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. --Fuller.
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   2. Thorough or downright, in a good sense. [Obs.]
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            An arrant honest woman.               --Burton.
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Thesaurus Results for Arrant:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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