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erratum

/ɛˈɹɑtəm/

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What does erratum mean?

noun

  1. A published notice reporting an error belatedly discovered in a previous publication.
  2. An error, especially one in a printed work.

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/ɛˈɹɑtəm/

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“Take it as a simple erratum,” she thought, “such as one sees in books. For Marius, read Théodule.”
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Thus I corrected that great erratum as well as I could.
Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinProject Gutenberg ebook #148