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venial sin; wrongdoing, evil, wrong, bad, iniquity.
6. Baseball, misplay, fumble, Inf. booble, SI. boot, SI. E, SI. the big E.
7. Philately, freak, variety; misprint, erratum, printer's error.
ersatz, adj. synthetic, man-made, plastic; artificial, simulated, imitated, imitation; spurious, counterfeit, sham, U.S. bogus, Inf. phony,
erstwhile, adj. former, late, quondam, once, Inf. ex; old, past, gone, bygone, forgotten,
eructation, n. belch, belching, Inf burp, Inf. burping, bringing up gas, bringing [s.t.] up; emission, ejection, vomiting, disgorgement; expulsion, extrusion, egestion, voidance.
erudite, adj. 1. learned, scholarly, punditic, wise, sage, profound, deep; well-versed, knowledgeable, literate, literary, well-read, lettered; educated, well-educated, well-instructed, well-tutored, well-schooled, well-posted, well-grounded.
2. academic, scholastic, intellectual, highbrow, highbrowed, Inf. long-haired, pedantic, bookish.
3. cultured, refined, polished, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise, SI. savvy, knowing, SI. in the know, enlightened, aware, cognizant, conscious, alive to; acquainted, familiar, intimate, at ease or home, conversant; expert, proficient, very good, adept, skillful, skilled; experienced, practised, accomplished.
erudition, n. 1. knowledge, learning, scholarship, wisdom; information, facts, data, lore; teachings, doctrines, precepts, concepts, theories; letters, Archaic. literature, book learning, formal education, schooling, instruction, tuition.
2. refinement, culture, cultivation, polish, sophistication; enlightenment, awareness, cognizance, consciousness; understanding, ken, knowledge, knowing; familiarity, intimacy, ease, proficiency, adeptness, skill, expertise, expertness.
erupt, v. 1. burst forth or open, break open, split open, rupture, gape, dehisce, SI. bust; detonate, fulminate, explode, blow, blow up, go off; (of a volcano, geyser, etc.) eject, emit, expel, hurl or throw forth, discharge, send out or up; spout, squirt, spurt, spew or spit out, belch forth; gush, jet, boil over, pour forth or out, spill over, overflow.
2. explode, blow up, unleash one's temper or anger, fly off the handle, blow one's top, hit the ceiling or the roof.
eruption, n. 1. outburst, outbreak, splitting open, dissilience, dissiliency, rupture, gape, dehiscence; earthquake, quake, tremor, Chiefly U.S. temblor, upheaval, Phys., Geog. cataclysm; explosion, detonation, ful-mination, blast, blowing up.
2. (of a volcano, geyser, etc.) ejection, emission, expulsion, discharge, ebullition; spouting, squirt, spurt, outpour, spewing or spitting forth, belching; gushing, boiling over, spilling over, overflow,
escalator, n. moving staircase, moving stairway; elevator, lift, conveyor,
escapade, n. 1. prank, trick, caper, stunt; mischief, Fr. boutade, practical joke; reckless or wild or madcap adventure; antics, tomfoolery, Inf. shenanigans, SI. monkey shines, horseplay; gambado, lark, frolic; romp, gambol, skylarking.
2. escape, flight, giving the slip, pulling a Houdini.
escape, v. 1. get awry, get free, get out, get clear of, break away, make or effect one's escape, make good one's escape, get away safely, Archaic, scape or 'scape, Inf. jump, Inf. skip, Inf. make a getaway or clean getaway, Inf. fly the coop; All SI. break jail or prison, break out, break loose, cut loose, bust out, bust loose, go or leap over the wall, lam or take it on the lam; free oneself, break one's chains, slip the collar, shake off the yoke.
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