errabund

English

Etymology

Latin errabundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹəbʌnd/

Adjective

errabund (comparative more errabund, superlative most errabund)

1. (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

• unbarred, underbar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin errabundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.rəˈβun]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.rəˈbunt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.raˈbunt]

Adjective

errabund (feminine errabunda, masculine plural errabunds, feminine plural errabundes)

1. wandering

   Synonym: errant

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