ERRATIC

a. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars. The earth and each erratic world. Blackmore.

2.
a.

Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.

3.
a.

Irregular; changeable. "Erratic fever." Harvey. Erratic blocks, gravel, etc. (Geol.), masses of stone which have been transported from their original resting places by the agency of water, ice, or other causes. -- Erratic phenomena, the phenomena which relate to transported materials on the earth's surface.

4.
n.

One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character.

5.
n.

A rogue. [Obs.] Cockeram.

6.
n.

Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.


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