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† ˈvagient, a. Obs.
[ad. L. vāgient-em, pres. pple of vāgīre to cry, squall.]
Of infants, infancy, etc.: Crying, squalling, wailing.
1628Gaule Pract. Theo. (1629) 417 There shall be nor vagient Youngling, nor decrepit Ageling. 1642H. More Song of Soul ii. iv. iii. xlii, But for the cradle of the Cretian Jove, And guardians of his vagient Infancie, What sober man but sagely will reprove? 1659― Immort. Soul (1662) 142 The vagient cries of the Infant Jupiter amidst the..dancings of the Cretick Corybantes. |