erratic
erratic Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Not even or regular in pattern, movement, or behavior; unpredictable and inconsistent.
"The patient's erratic breathing prompted the medical team to monitor his vital signs more closely."
(Of a rock or boulder) transported from its original site by glacial action and deposited in an area of different bedrock composition.
"Geologists mapped several erratic boulders scattered across the valley floor to trace the path of the ancient glacier."
• noun
A rock or boulder that differs in composition from the surrounding native bedrock and has been transported to its current location by glacial ice.
"A massive granite erratic rests atop the limestone ridge, left behind when the Pleistocene ice sheets retreated."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French 'erratique' and directly from Latin 'erraticus' ('wandering, straying, roving'), derived from the verb 'errare' ('to wander or go astray').