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Pronunciation : Vague
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F. vague, or L. vagus. See Vague, v. i.]
Definition : 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 value. Longfellow. Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.

Syn. -- Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.

[Compar. Vaguer; superl. Vaguest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Vague
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. vague.]
Definition : Defn: An indefinite expanse. [R.] The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. Lowell.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Vague
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.]
Definition : Defn: To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague and wander." Holland.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Vague
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] Holinshed.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913