errabund
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛɹəbʌnd/
Adjective
errabund (comparative more errabund, superlative most errabund)
- (archaic) Erratic, prone to error.
- 1835, Robert Southey, “Interchapter XIII. A Peep from behind the Curtain.”, in The Doctor, &c., volume III, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, →OCLC, page 345:
- [Y]ou, with your errabund guesses, veering to all points of the literary compass, amused the many-humoured yet single-minded Pantagruelist, [...]
References
- “errabund”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin errabundus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
errabund (feminine errabunda, masculine plural errabunds, feminine plural errabundes)
Further reading
- “errabund”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007