Associations to the word «Erratic»

Wiktionary

ERRATIC, adjective. Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
ERRATIC, adjective. Deviating from the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; odd.
ERRATIC, noun. (geology) A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
ERRATIC, noun. Anything that has erratic characteristics.

Dictionary definition

ERRATIC, adjective. Liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next".
ERRATIC, adjective. Having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond".
ERRATIC, adjective. Likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.