Errant and Wicked

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Errant adjective - Engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior.

Usage example: what he considers to be no more than errant conduct toward women would be regarded as sexual harassment by most people

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Wicked and errant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wicked" instead an adjective "Errant".

Nearby Words: erratic, errancy, errantly

Wicked adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.

Usage example: a wicked urge to steal just for the sake of stealing

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Errant and wicked are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Errant" instead an adjective "Wicked".

Nearby Words: wickedness, wickedly, wicker, wick

Don Quixote: The Trope Namer is Don Quixote, a delusional would-be knight errant who engages in a constant struggle against evil sorcerors and wicked monsters that exist only in his own mind.

Source: Windmill Crusader
Sam: What matter wounds to the body of a knight-errant, for each time he falls, he shall rise again and woe to the wicked!

Source: Series / Quantum Leap
Zig-Zagged in Enchanted: the villain, Nerissa, is a Wicked Stepmother, but oddly her target is not her stepson, Prince Edward, but his betrothed, Giselle; Edward has spent years gallivanting around like a Knight Errant while Nerissa runs the kingdom, but now she's worried about him settling down.

Source: Wicked Stepmother

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