errō — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bum noun British informal term for the buttocks.
- err verb To make a mistake; to be wrong.
- goof noun A mistake or blunder.
- hobo noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, historically often by illegally hopping freight trains.
- mistake noun An action, decision, or belief that is wrong or incorrect.
- rogue noun A dishonest or unprincipled person; a scoundrel.
- tramp noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, often on foot.
- vagabond noun A person who wanders from place to place with no fixed home, often living hand to mouth.
- vagrant noun A person with no permanent home who moves from place to place, often begging or living on the street.
- wander verb To move around without a fixed destination or purpose.
- Wanderer noun Someone who travels or roams without a fixed destination.
Senses
errō is used for these senses in English:
- be wrong To have an incorrect belief, to be mistaken about one's judgment or statement concerning something. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- goof (US) To make a mistake.
- hobo (North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.
- make a mistake To err, to be wrong. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- rogue A vagrant.
- screw up (intransitive, colloquial) To blunder; to make a mistake.
- tramp (sometimes, pejorative) A homeless person; a vagabond. [from 1664]
- vagabond A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
bum — full definition
- noun British informal term for the buttocks.
- noun A homeless person, or a lazy, useless person (dated, often offensive).
- verb To ask for or obtain something for free, especially informally.
- adj Of poor quality, unfair, or disappointing.