Webster's Dictionary 1828

1675

ERNE

ERNE, or AERNE, a Saxon word, signifying a place or receptacle, forms the termination of some English words, as well as Latin; as in barn, lantern, tavern, taberna.

1676

ERODE

ERO'DE, verb transitive [Latin erodo; e and rodo, to gnaw.] To eat in or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.The blood, being too sharp or thin, erodes the vessels.

1677

ERODED

ERO'DED, participle passive Eaten; gnawed; corroded.

1678

ERODING

ERO'DING, participle present tense Eating into; eating away; corroding.

1679

EROGATE

ER'OGATE, verb transitive [Latin erogo.] To lay out; to give; to bestow upon. [Not used.]

1680

EROGATION

EROGA'TION, noun The act of conferring. [Not used.]

1681

EROSE

ERO'SE, adjective [Latin erosus.] In botany, an erose leaf has small sinuses in the margin, as if gnawed.

1682

EROSION

ERO'SION, noun s as z. [Latin erosio.] The act or operation of eating away.1. The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.

1683

EROTIC

EROT'ICEROT'ICAL, adjective [Gr. love.] Pertaining to love; treating of love.EROT'IC, noun An amorous composition or poem.

1684

ERPETOLOGIST

ERPETOL'OGIST, noun [Gr. reptile, discourse.] One who writes on the subject of reptiles, or is versed in the natural history of reptiles.

1685

ERPETOLOGY

ERPETOL'OGY, noun [supra.] That part of natural history which treats of reptiles.

1686

ERR

ERR, verb intransitive [Latin erro.]1. To wander from the right way; to deviate from the true course or purpose.But errs not nature from this gracious end,From burning suns when...

1687

ERRABLE

ER'RABLE, adjective Liable to mistake; fallible. [Little used.]

1688

ERRABLENESS

ER'RABLENESS, noun Liableness to mistake or error.We may infer from the errableness of our nature, the reasonableness of compassion to the seduced.

1689

ERRAND

ER'RAND, noun1. A verbal message; a mandate or order; something to be told or done; a communication to be made to some person at a distance. The servant was sent on an errand; h...

1690

ERRANT

ER'RANT, adjective [Latin errans, from erro, to err.]1. Wandering; roving; rambling; applied particularly to knights, who, in the middle ages, wandered about to seek adventures ...

1691

ERRANTRY

ER'RANTRY, noun A wandering; a roving or rambling about.1. The employment of a knight errant.

1692

ERRATIC

ERRAT'IC, adjective [Latin erraticus, from erro, to wander.] Wandering; having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination.1. Moving; not fixed or stationary; ap...

1693

ERRATICALLY

ERRAT'ICALLY, adverb Without rule, order or established method; irregularly.

1694

ERRATION

ERRA'TION, noun A wandering. [Not used.]

1695

ERRATUM

ERRA'TUM, nounplural errata. [See Err.] An error or mistake in writing or printing. A list of the errata of a book is usually printed at the beginning or end, with references to...

1696

ERRHINE

ER'RHINE, adjective er'rine. [Gr. the nose.] Affecting the nose, or to be snuffed into the nose; occasioning discharges from the nose.ER'RHINE, noun er'rine. A medicine to be sn...

1697

ERRING

ER'RING, participle present tense Wandering from the truth or the right way; mistaking; irregular.

1698

ERRONEOUS

ERRO'NEOUS, adjective [Latin erroneus, from erro, to err.]1. Wandering; roving; unsettled.They roamErroneous and disconsolate.2. Deviating; devious; irregular; wandering from th...

1699

ERRONEOUSLY

ERRO'NEOUSLY, adverb By mistake; not rightly; falsely.

1700

ERRONEOUSNESS

ERRO'NEOUSNESS, noun The state of being erroneous, wrong or false; deviation from right; inconformity to truth; as the erroneousness of a judgement or proposition.

1701

ERROR

ER'ROR, noun [Latin error from erro, to wander.] A wandering or deviation from the truth; a mistake in judgment, by which men assent to or believe what is not true. error may be...