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erratic
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erratic
a piece of rock that differs in composition, shape, etc., from the rock surrounding it, having been transported from its place of origin, esp by glacial action
erratic [ə′rad·ik]
(geology)
A rock fragment that has been transported a great distance, generally by glacier ice or floating ice, and differs from the bedrock on which it rests.
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Brett's irritability--with the Count (SAR 59-61), with Mike (178), with Cohn (181)--suggests her emotional erraticism, while her nervousness in church (208) and general anxiety also fit this criterion for diagnosis.
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First Palamon, then Arcite, falls "out" of role, (26, 34-35), the spectacle of erraticism reaching its climax at mid-scene when Palamon, mocking Theban degeneracy, himself displays affectation of the kind he satirizes (44ff).
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