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(vg), a.[Compar.Vaguer (vg"r); superl.Vaguest.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See Vague, v. i.] 1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] "To set upon the vague villains." Hayward. She danced along with vague, regardless eyes. Keats. 2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition. This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. I. Taylor. The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. Hawthorne. 3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. Some legend strange and vague. Longfellow. Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac. Syn. -- Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain. Vague n.[Cf. F. vague.] An indefinite expanse. [R.] The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. Lowell. Vague v. i.[F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.] To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague and wander." Holland. Vague n.A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] Holinshed. スポンサード リンク
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