Capricious sailor turning up in Morecambe, say

• Spotty
• Capricious fellow concealing deserter
• Wandering rodent getting in damaged rice
• Unreliable British leader, scoundrel in charge
• Unusually rare twitching, lacking predictability
• Not fixed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB more ▪ But as the subject's brain function becomes increasingly impaired these movements become more and more erratic . ▪ The history of the Federal Republic might then have followed a more erratic course. ▪ This ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Erratic \Er*rat"ic\, n. One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character. A rogue. [Obs.] --Cockeram. (Geol.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "wandering, moving," from Old French erratique "wandering, vagrant" (13c.) and directly from Latin erraticus "wandering, straying, roving," from erratum "an error, mistake, fault," past participle of errare "to wander, err" (see err ). Sense ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Erratic may refer to: Erratic, a project of music artist Jan Robbe Glacial erratic , a piece of rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests Erratic ant ( Tapinoma erraticum ), a species of ant