E*ro"sive (?), a. That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive. Humble.
E*ros"trate (?), a. [Pref. e- out + rostrate.] (Bot.) Without a beak.
Er"o*teme (?), n. [Gr. &?; question.] A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.
||Er`o*te"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a questioning, fr. &?; to ask.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form of an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?
Shak.
{ E*rot"ic (?), E*rot"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. érotique. See Eros.] Of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory.
E*rot"ic, n. An amorous composition or poem.
E*rot"i*cism (?), n. Erotic quality.
Er`pe*tol"o*gist (?), n. Herpetologist.
Er`pe*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Cf. F. erpétologie.] (Zoöl.) Herpetology.
Err (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Erred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Erring (?; 277, 85).] [F. errer, L. errare; akin to G. irren, OHG. irran, v. t., irr&?;n, v. i., OS. irrien, Sw. irra, Dan. irre, Goth, aírzjan to lead astray, airzise astray.] 1. To wander; to roam; to stray. [Archaic] "Why wilt thou err from me?" Keble.
What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred.
Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 12).
2. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. "My jealous aim might err." Shak.
3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
The man may err in his judgment of circumstances.
Tillotson.
4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
Do they not err that devise evil?
Prov. xiv. 22.