err-, errat- +
(Latin: wander, stray, rove)
aberr
To wander; to stray.
aberrance, aberrancy
A state or condition markedly different from the norm.
aberrant
1. Deviating from the proper or expected course.
2. Deviating from what is considered to be normal; untrue to type.
3. Departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
4. Deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal.
aberrate
1. To diverge from the expected.
2. To diverge or to deviate from the straight path.
3. To produce an aberration.
aberration, aberrations
1. A wandering or straying away; a departure or deviation from what is considered normal or from the socially recognized path.
2. A defect in a lens or mirror, causing a distorted image or one with colored edges.
3. In astronomy, a small periodic change in the apparent position of a star or other astronomical object, caused by the motion of the earth around the sun.
4. A disorder or abnormal alteration in one's mental state.
aberrational
Characterized by aberration.
arrant, arrantly, errant, errantly
arrant (AR uhnt)
1. Used to emphasize that someone or something is an extreme example of something disapproved of: "This arrant nonsense!"
2. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers: "He dismissed the rumors as arrant nonsense."
arrantly (AR uhnt li)
Of the worst kind, impudently or not showing respect for other people: "He was arrantly smoking in the non-smoking area of the restaurant."
errant (ER uhnt)
1. Roving or wandering; especially, in search of adventure: "We were reading about an errant traveler."
2. Straying from the proper course or correct standard: "She could no longer tolerate her errant husband."
errantly (ER uhnt li)
A reference to someone or something going out of a specified area: "The calf errantly went into the neighbor's garden."
err
1. To go astray in thought or belief; to be mistaken; to be incorrect.
2. To go astray morally; to sin.
3. To deviate from the true course, aim, or purpose.
4. To wander from the right way; to deviate from the true course or purpose.
5. To miss the right way, in morals or religion.
6. To deviate from the path or line of duty.
7. To stray by design or mistake.
8. To make a mistake; to commit an error.
9. To do wrong from ignorance or inattention.
10. To wander; to ramble.
errableness
1. Liability to make an error.
2. A tendency to make a mistake or an error.
errabund
Erratic.
errancy
1. Fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err.
2. Incorrect or morally wrong behavior.
3. A tendency to do wrong: the propensity for making mistakes or acting improperly.
4. Holding views that disagree with accepted church doctrine; especially, a disagreement with Papal infallibility.
errant, errantic
1. Behaving in an unacceptable manner.
2. Wandering from an intended course, or not reaching an intended destination.
3. Wandering in search of adventure and romance.
4. Deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
5. Journeying or traveling; such as, a medieval knight in quest of adventure; roving adventurously.
6. Moving in an aimless or lightly changing manner; such as, an errant breeze.
errantry
1. The condition of traveling or roving about, especially in search of adventure.
2. The wandering, romantic, and adventurous life of a knight errant.
Errare humanum est.
To err is human.
Another version is Errare est humanum. It was Alexander Pope, who wrote in his An Essay on Criticism that "To err is human, to forgive, divine."
errata (pl)
Errors in printing or writing; especially, such errors noted in a list of corrections and bound into a book; mistakes or errors.
Placed in a published book to point out errors which were discovered after it was printed. Also corrigenda.
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