† vagantadj.

Forms: Middle English vagaunt, Middle English–1500s vagaunte, Middle English–1500s, 1700s vagant, Middle English vagante.

Etymology: < Old French vagant, vagaunt, or Latin vagant-, vagans, present participle of vagārī to wander.

Obsolete.

1. Wandering, roaming, roving; travelling or moving from place to place; having no settled home or abiding-place. Cf. vagrant n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering

wanderingc1000

erringa1340

waggeringa1382

vagant1382

vagabond1426

erroneousa1464

fugitive1481

wavering1487

vagrantc1522

gadding1545

roaming1566

roving1576

straggling1589

rambling?1609

wagand1614

wheelinga1616

gadling1616

vagring1619

erratical1620

vaguing1627

erratic1656

planetical1656

waif1724

vagrarious1795

stravaiging1825

vagarious1882

pirooting1958

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. iv. 12 Vagaunt and fer fugitif thow shalt be vpon the erthe alle the daies of thi lijf.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 135 In the tyme of Hinguar and Hubba, Ardulphus the bischop was vagante longe with þe body of Seynte Cuthberte.

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. x For al we haue be disparblid & longe haue be vagant on the see.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 407 b/1 Thus Josaphat was two yere vagaunte & erryd in deserte.

1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) i. sig. A*.ii I am the fyrste in the shyppe vagaunte with the other fooles.

1578 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 170 Thocht vagant freirs faine wald lie, The trueth will furth.

2. Devious, erratic. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving without fixed course

vaganta1382

scatteringc1450

stragglinga1560

wandering1590

undirecteda1599

wayless1605

planetary1607

rambling?1609

exorbitant1613

exorbitating1632

random1655

unconducteda1677

devious1735

truant1791

wild1810

erratic1841

directionless1860

scrolloping1923

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. v. 6 Bi the path of lif thei gon not; vagaunt ben the goingus of hir, and vnserchable.

1708 Brit. Apollo 30 July–4 Aug. By so Vagant a Proceedure, it is a Chance but he must hear some points of Duty..repeated.

3. Of thoughts: Wandering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adjective] > of thoughts: wandering

vagant1530

wandering1530

rambling1635

ramble-headeda1761

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 165 Also the harte oughte fulle besyly to be kepte from all vagaunte thoughtes.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 42 Yt can not sturre vp yt selfe from wandryng and vagant thoughtes that yt is accustomyd in.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vagant
释义	† vagantadj. Forms: Middle English vagaunt, Middle English–1500s vagaunte, Middle English–1500s, 1700s vagant, Middle English vagante. Etymology: < Old French vagant, vagaunt, or Latin vagant-, vagans, present participle of vagārī to wander. Obsolete. 1. Wandering, roaming, roving; travelling or moving from place to place; having no settled home or abiding-place. Cf. vagrant n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering wanderingc1000 erringa1340 waggeringa1382 vagant1382 vagabond1426 erroneousa1464 fugitive1481 wavering1487 vagrantc1522 gadding1545 roaming1566 roving1576 straggling1589 rambling?1609 wagand1614 wheelinga1616 gadling1616 vagring1619 erratical1620 vaguing1627 erratic1656 planetical1656 waif1724 vagrarious1795 stravaiging1825 vagarious1882 pirooting1958 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. iv. 12 Vagaunt and fer fugitif thow shalt be vpon the erthe alle the daies of thi lijf. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 135 In the tyme of Hinguar and Hubba, Ardulphus the bischop was vagante longe with þe body of Seynte Cuthberte. 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. x For al we haue be disparblid & longe haue be vagant on the see. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 407 b/1 Thus Josaphat was two yere vagaunte & erryd in deserte. 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) i. sig. A.ii I am the fyrste in the shyppe vagaunte with the other fooles. 1578 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent.* (1801) II. 170 Thocht vagant freirs faine wald lie, The trueth will furth. 2. Devious, erratic. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving without fixed course vaganta1382 scatteringc1450 stragglinga1560 wandering1590 undirecteda1599 wayless1605 planetary1607 rambling?1609 exorbitant1613 exorbitating1632 random1655 unconducteda1677 devious1735 truant1791 wild1810 erratic1841 directionless1860 scrolloping1923 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. v. 6 Bi the path of lif thei gon not; vagaunt ben the goingus of hir, and vnserchable. 1708 Brit. Apollo 30 July–4 Aug. By so Vagant a Proceedure, it is a Chance but he must hear some points of Duty..repeated. 3. Of thoughts: Wandering. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adjective] > of thoughts: wandering vagant1530 wandering1530 rambling1635 ramble-headeda1761 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 165 Also the harte oughte fulle besyly to be kepte from all vagaunte thoughtes. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 42 Yt can not sturre vp yt selfe from wandryng and vagant thoughtes that yt is accustomyd in. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1382
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