— erratically , adv. — erraticism , n.
/i rat"ik/ , adj.
1. deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; eccentric; queer: erratic behavior.
2. having no certain or definite course; wandering; not fixed: erratic winds.
3. Geol. noting or pertaining to a boulder or the like carried by glacial ice and deposited some distance from its place of origin.
4. (of a lichen) having no attachment to the surface on which it grows.
n.
5. an erratic or eccentric person.
6. Geol. an erratic boulder or the like.
[ 1325-75; ME erraticus, equiv. to errat ( us ) (ptp. of errare to ERR) + -icus -IC ]
Syn. 1. unpredictable, unstable, capricious.
Ant. 1. consistent, regular, stable.