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vagary (iou)



vagary verb & noun. L16.
[Latin vagari wander, roam.]
A. verb intrans. Wander, roam. L16-L18.
b. noun.
A wandering or devious journey or tour; an excursion, a ramble. L16-E19.
An act of wandering or straying from the subject under consideration; a digression. L16-M18.
A departure from regular or usual norms of conduct or propriety; a frolic, a prank. Now rare or obsolete exc. as passing into sense 4. L16.
A capricious, outlandish, or eccentric act or notion; a caprice, a whim. Freq. foll. by of. E17.
G. H. Napheys To follow the vagaries of fashion. L. Auchincloss Kitty shrugged as if the vagaries of the male sex were beyond her.