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vagary


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vagary  \Va*ga"ry\,  n.;  pl  {Vagaries}.  [L.  vagari  to  stroll 
  about  See  {Vague}.] 
  1.  A  wandering  or  strolling.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  Hence  a  wandering  of  the  thoughts;  a  wild  or  fanciful 
  freak;  a  whim;  a  whimsical  purpose.  ``The  vagaries  of  a 
  child.''  --Spectator. 
 
  They  changed  their  minds,  Flew  off  and  into  strange 
  vagaries  fell.  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vagary 
  n  :  a  sudden  desire;  "he  bought  it  on  impulse"  [syn:  {caprice}, 
  {impulse},  {whim}] 




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