arrant /ˈæɹ(ə)nt/ adjective2 •(old-fashioned) Complete; downright; utter.To a Nunnery goe, vve are arrant knaues all, / Beleeue none of vs, to a Nunnery goe. — 1599 •(old-fashioned) Very bad; despicable.[W]ho so forward to accuse, to debase, to revile, to crow-treade an other as the arrantest fellow in a country? — 1593 formsarranter · more arrant · arrantest · most arrant