Category:Vague

Vague, a. [compar. Vaguer; superl. Vaguest.] Etym: [f. vague, or l. Vagus. See vague, v. i.]

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.

Vague Vague, n. Etym: [cf. F. vague.]

Defn: an indefinite expanse. [r.] The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. Lowell.

Vague Vague, v. i. Etym: [f. vaguer, l. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.]

Defn: to wander; to roam; to stray. [obs.] "[the soul] doth vague and Wander." Holland.

Vague Vague, n.

Defn: a wandering; a vagary. [obs.] Holinshed.