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Webster 1913 Edition

Erroneous

Er-ro′ne-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
erroneus
, fr.
errare
to err. See
Err
.]
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
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Erroneous

ERRO'NEOUS

,
Adj.
[L. erroneus, from erro, to err.]
1.
Wandering; roving; unsettled.
They roam
Erroneous and disconsolate.
2.
Deviating; devious; irregular; wandering from the right course.
Erroneous circulation of blood.
[The foregoing applications of the word are less common.]
3.
Mistaking; misled; deviating, by mistake, from the truth. Destroy not the erroneous with the malicious.
4.
Wrong; false; mistaken; not conformable to truth; erring from truth or justice; as an erroneous opinion or judgment.

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