ERRATIC, ERRATICALLY
ADJECTIVES
..882 — VAGROM eccentric, erratic
1382 — VAGANT devious, erratic→ obs.
1602 — ACROSTIC crossed, folded across; moving crosswise, erratic, zigzag
1650 — KICKSEY-WINSEY fantastic, whimsical, erratic → obs.
1787 — TANGENT ‘flying off at a tangent’; divergent, irrelevant, erratic
1804 — RAGGLISH erratic, subject to sudden unpredictable change; of weather: boisterous, uncertain, gusty with rain → Sc.
1827 — VAGARIOUS full of vagaries, erratic, capricious, whimsical
1835 — ERRABUND erratic, random, prone to err
1841 — LOONY extremely erratic; mildly crazy → US sl.
1848 — HAIRY crude, clumsy, rough, erratic; frightening, hair-raising
1867 — TANGENTIAL erratic; divergent; digressive
1902 — FITIFIED eccentric, erratic, temperamental → Amer. dial.
1969 — QUIRKISH adj. eccentric; erratic, random
ADVERBS
1981 — LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY in an erratic and frenzied fashion → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1999 — LIKE A TWO-BOB WATCH in an erratic or crazy manner → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
1996 — OLD NIDDY-NODDY a very erratic and unsettled person → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
2004 — BARKING MOONBAT an uncontrolled, eccentric, or erratic person → sl.
VERBS
1907 — BAT ROUND to move or go about erratically → Amer. dial.
1911 — BAT ALONG to move or go about erratically → Amer. dial.
1931 — BAT ABOUT to move or go about erratically → Amer. dial.
1942 — BE A NUT ON to be erratic about → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BE BUGS ABOUT to be erratic about → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BE CRACKED ON to be erratic about → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1949 — ANTIGOGLE to move in an erratic fashion → Amer. dial.
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