Jingozium Erratum
April 9, 2007 | By Jack Yoest
Jingozium Erratum
Your Business Blogger
at Oxford's circular library
May 1995
The Dude,
Dad went to Oxford
and all I got was this shirt
and a Jingo-Jihad
Erratum at the jump
er·ra·tum /ɪˈrɑtəm, ɪˈreɪ-, ɪˈrætəm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[i-rah-tuhm, i-rey-, i-rat-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ta /-tə/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[-tuh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation.
1. an error in writing or printing.
2. a statement of an error and its correction inserted, usually on a separate page or slip of paper, in a book or other publication; corrigendum.
[Origin: 1580–90; < L, n. use of errātum wandered, erred, strayed (neut. ptp. of errāre). See err, -ate1]
—Usage note See errata.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source
er·ra·tum (ĭ-rä'təm, ĭ-rā'-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. er·ra·ta (-tə)
An error in printing or writing, especially such an error noted in a list of corrections and bound into a book.
[Latin errātum, from neuter past participle of errāre, to stray; see ers- in Indo-European roots.]
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source
erratum
"list of corrections attached to a printed book," 1589, from L. erratum (pl. errata), neut. pp. of errare (see err).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source
erratum
noun
a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind [syn: misprint]
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source
erratum [iˈraːtəm] noun — plural erˈrata [-tə]
an error in writing or printing
Example: The errata are listed at the beginning of the book.
