Synonyms for vagary
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vuh-gair-ee, vey-guh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : vəˈgɛər i, ˈveɪ gə ri |
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Définition of vagary
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
- How near they would pass depended on the vagary of the waves and the tide.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- The storm still raged, and she thought it was a vagary of the lightning.
- Extract from : « Southern Stories » by Various
- What vagary had sent a girl who looked like this upon such a task!
- Extract from : « Before the Dawn » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler
- If we could civilize our schools, we should have no mention of legislation by vagary.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
- So, Stephen, after a lifetime of vagary and wandering, this is the result.
- Extract from : « The Pillar of Light » by Louis Tracy
- They longed for a vagary into the country, and now they are fitted.
- Extract from : « The Works of John Marston » by John Marston
- Now all the weird fancies of the night had been just a vagary of mind.
- Extract from : « Bulldog Carney » by W. A. Fraser
- He was ready for any illusion, susceptible to any vagary of the imagination.
- Extract from : « The World For Sale, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- In this particular case, however, Bertram's vagary of fancy had some excuse.
- Extract from : « Miss Billy » by Eleanor H. Porter
- But such is the vagary of the human mind, that safety was the least of his thoughts.
- Extract from : « The Broncho Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers » by Frank Fowler
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