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vagarious, a.|vəˈgɛərɪəs|
[f. vagary n.]
†1. Variable, inconstant, changing. Obs.—1
1798R. P. Tour in Wales (MS.) 36 Thus life's vagarious tenure passes on! And thus, the scenic vision glows with change!
2. Marked or characterized by, full of, subject to, vagaries; erratic.
1827Examiner 70/1 The Travels of Wilhelm Meister, wild, vagarious, and disconnected as it is. a1871De Morgan Budget Parad. (1872) 153 Mr. Wirgman's mind was somewhat attuned to psychology; but he was cracky and vagarious. 1897Atlantic Monthly LXXIX. 134 The work..is free from the vagarious theorizing.
3. Wandering, roaming, roving.
1882Harper's Mag. April 661 Sharp interruption from the vagarious horned enemy. 1888Sat. Rev. 22 Sept. 363/2 The history of the vagarious canary, Kiki.
Hence vaˈgariously adv.
1892Dispatch (Columbus) 17 Nov., An idly planned and vagariously disposed though always picturesque college retreat. |