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erroneous|ɛˈrəʊnɪəs|
Forms: 4–7 erronious(e, 5–6 erronyous(e, (5 arronious, eronyous, 6 erreoneous, ironyos, 7 erroneus), 4– erroneous.
[? ad. OF. erroneus, f. L. errōneus (whence mod.F. erroné) vagrant, wandering (post-class. also ‘erroneous’), f. errōn-em vagabond, f. errāre to wander: see -ous.]
†1. Wandering, roving; moving aimlessly, vagrant. Also quasi-adv. Obs.
1460J. Capgrave Chron. 252 The bischoppis..opened no mouth to berk ageyn these erroneous doggis. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 20 On th' Aleian Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne. 1704Newton Optics (1721) 91 This Circle, by being placed here, stopped much of the Erroneous Light. a1777Fawkes tr. Halley's Eulogy on Newton, With what proportion'd force The Moon impels, erroneous in her course, The refluent main.
†b. Straying from the proper course. Obs. rare.
1731Arbuthnot Aliments 165 An erroneous Circulation (that is, when the Blood strays into the Vessels destin'd to carry Serum or Lymph).
†2. Straying from the path of right or virtue, morally faulty, criminal. Obs. or arch.
1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. v. 90 What Stragems? how fell? how Butcherly? Erreoneous, mutinous, and vnnaturall. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 55 The Prophet used to lay this stone on the shoulders of the erronious. 1777Dodd in Boswell Johnson (1848) 542 My life for some few unhappy years has been dreadfully erroneous. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1845) I. vii. 95 The probability was, that himself had been erroneous. 1819Byron Juan iii. xii, Shut The book which treats of this erroneous pair.
†3. Straying from the ways of wisdom or prudence; under the influence of error, misguided. Obs. or arch.
1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 19 Pream., The seid Frensche kyng..abydyng in his..erronyous mynde. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 55 He..sleeth by confessyon the wormes of the scrupulous and erronyous conscience. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. iv. 200 Erroneous Vassals. 1640Lond. Petit. in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1692) I. 94 The great encrease of..Ignorant and Erroneous Men in the Ministry. 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 64 marg., 'Tis difficult getting of good Doctrine in erroneous Times. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. (1701) Matt. vi. 22 If thy judgment then be blind which must guide thee, what a miserable erroneous wretch wilt thou be. 1759Goldsmith Miscell. Wks. (1837) III. 246 Leibnitz..being very erroneous himself, cannot be expected to have bequeathed precision to his followers. 1775Johnson Tax. no Tyr. 87 That erroneous clemency. 1810Crabbe Borough xx, And should have strengthened an erroneous heart. 1829Southey Sir T. More I. 133 He who shows himself grievously erroneous upon one important point must look to have his opinions properly distrusted upon others.
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1601Cornwallyes Ess. ii. xxix. (1631) 42 He will never instruct the erronious for a frowning reply quailes him. 1649Alcoran 188 God prolongeth the life of the erroneous.
4. Of doctrines, opinions, statements, etc.: Containing errors; of the nature of error; incorrect, mistaken, wrong.
c1400Test. Love i. 277/2 See ye not everie wight that to these erronious opinions were assentaunt. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 539 [The] erronyouse opynyons of y⊇ sayd heresy [Wyclif's]. c1530More Answ. Frith Wks. (1557) 833/1 A letter of sir Thomas More knight impugning the erroniouse wryting of John Frith agaynst the blessed sacrament of the aulter. 1556Chron. Gr. Friars (1852) 63 What an ironyos oppynyone is this unto the leye pepulle. 1667Milton P.L. x. 969 How little weight my words with thee can find, Found so erroneous. 1711J. Greenwood Eng. Gram. 246 Mr. Ray says this spelling is erroneous and that..flood and blood..ought to be written flud, blud. 1757Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. Wks. (1842) II. 529 His astronomy is..imperfect and grossly erroneous. 1822J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 2 But modern chemistry has shown that this was an erroneous supposition. 1845Budd Dis. Liver 53 The erroneous impression that abscesses exist in the liver only.
b. Of a legal proceeding: Faulty in law, irregular; chiefly, vitiated by ‘error’ in the technical sense: see error 4 c.
1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 59 Pream., For so muche as the same utlagarie is arronious. 1601–2W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. 58 Otherwise the iudgment is erronious. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 109 The same lands were granted to two different persons, which was repugnant and erroneous. 1848Wharton Law Lex 226/2 Any matter appearing on the face of the record, which shews the judgment to be erroneous. |