errancy.html - n.
1 a short journey, esp. on another's behalf, to take a message, collect goods, etc.
2 the object of such a journey.

errand of mercy a journey to relieve suffering etc. [OE órende f. Gmc]

errancy.html - adj.
1 erring; deviating from an accepted standard.
2 literary or archaic travelling in search of adventure (knight errant).

errancy n. (in sense 1). errantry n. (in sense 2). [ME: sense 1 formed as ERR: sense 2 f. OF errer ult. f. LL itinerare f. iter journey]

errancy.html - n.
1 a short journey, esp. on another's behalf, to take a message, collect goods, etc.
2 the object of such a journey.

errand of mercy a journey to relieve suffering etc. [OE órende f. Gmc]

errancy.html - adj.
1 erring; deviating from an accepted standard.
2 literary or archaic travelling in search of adventure (knight errant).

errancy n. (in sense 1). errantry n. (in sense 2). [ME: sense 1 formed as ERR: sense 2 f. OF errer ult. f. LL itinerare f. iter journey]

errancy.html - adj.
1 inconsistently variable in conduct, opinions, etc.
2 uncertain in movement.

erratic block Geol. a large rock carried from a distance by glacial action.

erratically adv. [ME f. OF erratique f. L erraticus (as ERR)]

errancy.html - n.
(pl. errata) an error in printing or writing, esp. (in pl.) a list of corrected errors attached to a book etc. [L, neut. past part. (as ERR)]