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Entry 6 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Vague

/(vāg)/ · IPA /veɪɡ/
01 a. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
  1. 1.
    Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.[Archaic]
    “She danced along with vague, regardless eyes.” — Keats.
  2. 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. 3.
    Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
    “Some legend strange and vague.” Longfellow.
Phrases & compounds
Vague year — See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.
02 n. An indefinite expanse.
  1. 1.
    An indefinite expanse.[R.]
    “The gray vague of unsympathizing sea.” Lowell.
03 v. i. To wander; to roam; to stray.
  1. 1.
    To wander; to roam; to stray.[Obs.]
04 n. A wandering; a vagary.
  1. 1.
    A wandering; a vagary.[Obs.]