aberrant

markedly different from an accepted norm

See Aberr.] 1. Wandering; straying from the right way.

Latin 'aberrare' - to wander off

“But, for him to declare them the garbled and unauthentic utterances of an aberrant mind, and to make public such statement in his own name, would save the situation, possibly the Rincón honor, even though it stultify his own.”

— Charles Francis Stocking, Carmen Ariza

In Havana's vibrant market, Folake searched for the usual spices but found a peculiar onion instead. Its purple rings were aberrant, catching every eye. She bought it, not for cooking, but to dazzle as a conversation starter at her dinner party.

At Hanoi's chaotic Night Market, Astrid weaved through the stalls until she spotted an aberrant sight: a vendor selling snow globes instead of the usual incense and silk scarves. The jingling of tiny bells inside each globe clashed with the market's cacophony of street food sizzling and hawker calls.

“Today, they preserve some features of elasmobranch life in Paleaozoic times, though in other respects they are aberrant.”