a. | 1. | Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; - hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars. | ||||||
2. | Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; | |||||||
3. | Irregular; changeable.
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n. | 1. | One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character. | ||||||
2. | A rogue. | |||||||
3. | (Geol.) 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. |
Adj. | 1. | erratic - having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" |
2. | erratic - liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" | |
3. | erratic - likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster Synonyms: temperamental |