The Only Use of
erratic
in
The Scarlet Letter
- She made the sombre crowd cheerful by her erratic and glistening ray, even as a bird of bright plumage illuminates a whole tree of dusky foliage by darting to and fro, half seen and half concealed amid the twilight of the clustering leaves.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(erratic) irregular or unpredictable