erratic

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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; applied to the planets, as distinguished from the fixed stars. 2. Irregular; mutable.
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