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erratic definition

er·ratic (i rat′ik)

adjective

  1. having no fixed course or purpose; irregular; random; wandering
  2. deviating from the normal, conventional, or customary course; eccentric; queer
  3. Geol. designating a boulder or rock formation transported some distance from its original source, as by a glacier

Etymology: ME erratik < OFr erratique < L erraticus, wandering < pp. of errare: see err

noun

an erratic person

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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