5 : an act or condition of ignorant or imprudent deviation from a code of behavior
6 : an instance of false belief : a mistaken idea or system of ideas
Synonyms
[1] blunder, fault, flub, fumble, goof, lapse, misstep, mistake, oversight, slip, stumble; also foul-up, muff; misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, misjudgment, misstatement, misunderstanding
[5] breach, misdeed, misdoing, offense, violation, wrongdoing—more at OFFENSE
[6] fallacy, falsehood, falsity, illusion, misconception, untruth—more at FALLACY
er·ror·less adjective : done, played, or performed without an error
er·satz adjective [ORIGIN: G ersatz-, fr. Ersatz, n., substitute]
: being usu. an artificial and inferior substitute
erst adverb, archaic
: ERSTWHILE
1erstwhile adverb : in the past : FORMERLY
2erstwhile adjective : having been or existed at some past time : FORMER
Synonyms
former, late, old, onetime, past, sometime, whilom—more at FORMER
er·u·dite adjective : possessing or displaying erudition
Synonyms
educated, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, well-read—more at EDUCATED
bookish, learned, literary—more at BOOKISH
er·u·di·tion noun : extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books : SCHOLARSHIP, LEARNING
Synonyms
education, knowledge, learning, scholarship, science—more at EDUCATION
erupt verb 1 a : to burst forth : emerge with a sudden often violent rush
b : to cause to burst forth : force out or release usu. suddenly and violently
2 : to break through a surface 3 : to break out with or as if with a skin rash
— erup·tive adjective
Synonyms
[1a] break out, burst, explode, flame, flare, go off; also burgeon, mushroom, snowball; blow up, detonate, touch off
[1b] belch, disgorge, eject, expel, jet, spew, spout, spurt; also gush, pour, stream, surge; emanate, issue, spring; discharge, emit, fire; cast, fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, toss
erup·tion noun : an act, process, or instance of erupting; also : a product of erupting (as a skin rash)
Synonyms
agony, burst, explosion, fit, flare, flush, gush, outburst, paroxysm, spasm, storm—more at OUTBURST
blast, detonation, explosion—more at EXPLOSION
-ery noun suffix 1 : qualities collectively : character : -NESS 2 : art : practice 3 : place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified) 4 : collection : aggregate 5 : state or condition ery·sip·e·las noun : an acute bacterial disease marked by fever and severe skin inflammation
er·y·the·ma noun : abnormal redness of the skin due to capillary congestion (as in inflammation)
eryth·ro·cyte noun : RED BLOOD CELL
Es symbol einsteinium
1-es noun plural suffix — used to form the plural of most nouns that end in s , z , sh , ch , or a final y that changes to i and of some nouns ending in f that changes to v 2-es verb suffix — used to form the third person singular present of most verbs that end in s , z , sh , ch , or a final y that changes to i es·ca·late verb -lat·ed; -lat·ing : to increase in extent, volume, number, intensity, or scope
— es·ca