oberration

== English == === Etymology === Latin oberrate to wander about. === Noun === oberration (plural oberrations) (obsolete) A wandering about. 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. === References === “oberration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.