errancy

[ er-uhn-see, ur- ]
See synonyms for errancy on Thesaurus.com
noun,plural er·ran·cies.
  1. the state or an instance of erring.

  2. tendency to err.

Origin of errancy

1
First recorded in 1615–25, errancy is from the Latin word errantia a wandering. See errant, -cy

Words Nearby errancy

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use errancy in a sentence

  • But that very effort to reform it proclaims its errancy, and, I take the liberty of adding, its abomination also.

  • He replied collectedly enough in speech, but with that ramble and errancy clouding his eyes.

  • But those who knew Mr. Woods personally will readily acquit him of the charge of any such ethnological errancy.

    The Colored Inventor | Henry E. Baker
  • She liked to think and to say that after all, in spite of her husband's errancy, Chicago was also her city.

    One Woman's Life | Robert Herrick

British Dictionary definitions for errancy

errancy

/ (ˈɛrənsɪ) /


nounplural -cies
  1. the state or an instance of erring or a tendency to err

  2. Christianity the holding of views at variance with accepted doctrine

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012