erratum

American  

[ih-rah-tuhm, ih-rey-, ih-rat-uhm] / ɪˈrɑ təm, ɪˈreɪ-, ɪˈræt əm /

noun

errata plural

1. an error in writing or printing.

2. a statement of an error and its correction inserted, usually on a separate page or slip of paper, in a book or other publication; corrigendum.

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erratum British  

/ ɪˈrɑːtəm /

noun

1. an error in writing or printing

2. another name for corrigendum

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Usage

See errata.

Etymology

Origin of erratum

1580–90; < Latin, noun use of errātum wandered, erred, strayed (neuter past participle of errāre ). See err, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

I think his social media followers will instead shout, “Holy erratum, Batman.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2019

But in an erratum issued by the journal, first reported by Retraction Watch, the authors said those two findings were “exactly reversed.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 11, 2016

This one isn’t, strictly speaking, a study but, rather, a remarkable erratum to a study that garnered quite a bit of attention when it was published, in 2012, in the American Journal of Political Science.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2016

“That’s another error in this publication and I’ve submitted an erratum to the publisher,” Thorp said.

From MSNBC • Jun. 10, 2014

This erratum served as the foundation of a dangerous doctrine; for many libertines urged the text from this corrupt Bible against the reproofs of a divine.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac