- 1. a. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. Source: opted
- 2. a. Misleading; misled; mistaking. Source: opted
- 3. a. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. Source: opted
- 4. adj. containing or characterized by error Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. [Obs.] "Erroneous circulation." Arbuthnot. Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. Sir I. Newman. 2. Misleading; misled; mistaking. [Obs.] An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit. Jer. Taylor. 3. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ness, n. Source: webster
- 6. j:100 s. containing or characterized by error Source: ecdict
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