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Synonyms for vagaries

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vuh-gair-ee, vey-guh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : vəˈgɛər i, ˈveɪ gə ri

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Définition of vagaries

Origin :
  • 1570s, "a wandering, a roaming journey," probably from Latin vagari "to wander, roam, be unsettled, spread abroad," from vagus "roving, wandering" (see vague). Current meaning of "eccentric notion or conduct" (1620s) is from notion of mental wandering. Related: Vagaries.
  • noun caprice
Example sentences :
  • The power to hold in check the vagaries of imagination may be gone.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • The vagaries of the mountain atmosphere rarely concerned him.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • It has no thought of time and it accepts all the vagaries of your laziness.
  • Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks
  • Silvey smiled, as does an adult listening to the vagaries of a child.
  • Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
  • The vagaries of the human mind are beyond our understanding.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • It is too depressing, these vagaries, these senile ramblings of a superannuated musician.
  • Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
  • Pussy sat at the window watching my vagaries with astonishment.
  • Extract from : « Cat and Dog » by Julia Charlotte Maitland
  • Let us talk a little about Susannah, and all these vagaries will be dispersed.
  • Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat
  • He had watched carefully, and knew something of the vagaries of the giant flail.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • Its vagaries must be experienced and studied by any investigator of the atrocities of war.
  • Extract from : « The Better Germany in War Time » by Harold Picton

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