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erratico

erratic, irregular

adjective er-RAH-tee-koh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Manner

Origin: from Latin erraticus (wandering), from errare (to wander)

Also means

wandering

Usage Note

Erratico describes something that follows no predictable pattern — erratic behaviour, an erratic pulse, or, in geology, an erratic boulder (masso erratico) transported by a glacier far from its origin. It is a false cognate trap only in the geological sense; in everyday Italian it simply means 'inconsistent' or 'unpredictable'. Plural: erratici (m), erratiche (f).

Examples

"Il suo comportamento è del tutto erratico."

Natural Translation

His behaviour is completely erratic.

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