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The outstanding truths of life, the great and unquestioned phenomena of society, are not to be argued away as myths and vagaries when they do not fit within our little moulds. If necessary, we must remake the moulds.
Benjamin N. Cardozo

Meaning of "vagaries" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VAGARIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VAGARIES

noun
adjective
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Vagaries is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VAGARIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Memories and Vagaries

Memories and Vagaries is a collection of short memoirs and essays by Axel Munthe. It has been published in several languages and editions, with differing contents and ordering. A few of the pieces were published in various magazines, and favorable responses convinced Munthe to publish the collection. Known magazine publications include Toys in Blackwood, and For Those Who Love Music in Murray's Magazine.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VAGARIES

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WORDS THAT END LIKE VAGARIES

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Synonyms and antonyms of vagaries in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «VAGARIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vagaries» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of vagaries

Translation of «vagaries» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VAGARIES

Find out the translation of vagaries to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vagaries from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vagaries» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

变幻莫测
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caprichos
570 millions of speakers

English

vagaries
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनियमितता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقلبات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

капризы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caprichos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনেকাংশে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aléas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vagaries
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Launen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気まぐれ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

변덕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vagaries
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thay đổi bất thường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாற்றங்களைப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आवेश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşırılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

capricci
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kaprysami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

примхи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capriciile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιδιοτροπίες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grille
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nyckfulla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilfeldighetene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vagaries

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VAGARIES»

The term «vagaries» is regularly used and occupies the 67.810 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VAGARIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vagaries

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3 QUOTES WITH «VAGARIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vagaries.
1
Benjamin N. Cardozo
The outstanding truths of life, the great and unquestioned phenomena of society, are not to be argued away as myths and vagaries when they do not fit within our little moulds. If necessary, we must remake the moulds.
2
Stephen Harper
This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion.
3
Kay Redfield Jamison
Psychologists, for reasons of clinical necessity or vagaries of temperament, have chosen to dissect and catalog the morbid emotions - depression, anger, anxiety - and to leave largely unexamined the more vital, positive ones.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VAGARIES»

Discover the use of vagaries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vagaries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vagaries
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Axel Munthe, 2010
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Vagaries and Varieties in Constitutional Interpretation
Powell, Thomas Reed. Vagaries and Varieties in Constitutional Interpretation. New York: Columbia University Press, 1956. xv, 229 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-210-7.
Thomas Reed Powell, 2002
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Vagaries
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Florence Brooks Emerson, 2010
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Vagaries of a Lost World
In this volume, I have tried to capture strange situations and little things in life that make us laugh, cry or hate.
Ravi Shankar Rajan, 2012
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Vagaries
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Charles Granville, 2009
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Waggeries and Vagaries: A Series of Sketches, Humorous and ...
A Series of Sketches, Humorous and Descriptive William Evans Burton. Look sharp, and let us settle it before this snivelling is over.” . Of course, the lady consented to the proposal; the disclosure did not much surprise the party; and, to makeit ...
William Evans Burton, 1848
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Poetical Vagaries: Containing An Ode to We, a Hackney'd ...
Containing An Ode to We, a Hackney'd Critick; Low Ambition, Or, The Life and Death of Mr. Daw; A Reckoning with Time; The Lady of the Wreck, Or, Castle Blarneygig; Two Parsons, Or, The Tale of a Shirt George Colman. XIII. The Hunter  ...
George Colman, 1812
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Broad Grins and Poetical Vagaries
George Colman. II. The modest Rose, whose blushes speak The ardent kisses of the Sun, OfTring a tribute to her Cheek, Droops, to perceive its Tint outdone ; Then withering with envy and despair, Dies on her Lips, and leaves its Fragrance  ...
George Colman, 1833
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Memories and Vagaries
MEMORIES AND VAGARIES by AXEL MUNTHE. Originally published in 1930. PREFACE TO THE THIRD ENGLISH EDITION: BENEVOLENT readers of The Story of Sew Michele have come forth with a gallant attempt to rescue this little book from oblivion.
Axel Munthe, 2008
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Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and ...
A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected Horace Smith. ROUSSEAU'S HERMITAGE. O qui me gelidis in vallibus Hsmi Sistat, et ingenti ramorum protegat umbra ! O what picturesque, what romantic ...
Horace Smith, 1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VAGARIES»

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El Nino's multi-billion dollar vagaries: Godsend for California …
WASHINGTON – In California, they're counting on it to end an historic drought; in Peru, they've already declared a pre-emptive emergency to prepare for ... «680 News, Jul 15»
2
Twinsights: Wander Javier and the vagaries of international scouting
CINCINNATI–Nearly six years after signing Miguel Sano for $3.15 million, the Twins are still waiting for the Dominican slugger to arrive in the major leagues. «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
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Hawaii Wrestles With Vagaries of Solar Power
For a glimpse of the promise and problems of turning the electric grid green, there's no better place to look than Hawaii. With 21% of its power now coming from ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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Vagaries of today's world
Lester Holt, NBC news anchor, tells me LeBron James had never been in the NBA finals in a Cleveland uniform. After a break, Holt says people on Twitter ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jun 15»
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Conquering the Vagaries of the Indian Monsoon
“This earth is higher than all the heavens,” said Swami Vivekananda. In a different context, this quote can be an inspiration for planners and policymakers in ... «International Policy Digest, Jun 15»
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Summer's vagaries
I have a clear memory of an incident from when I was about five or six. It was the peak of summer in Lake Gardens, the mud of the unpaved roads was rock hard, ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jun 15»
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Senate bill takes aim at 'vagaries' of CSA, sets carrier selection …
The bill serves as a “vital reform measure” to address the “confusing and conflicting vagaries” created by Compliance, Safety, Accountability scores within the ... «Fleet Owner, May 15»
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Narendra Modi faces the brunt of the vagaries of nature
Nature has been unkind to Narendra Modi in the first year of government. The deficit rainfall in 2014 and the unseasonal showers earlier this year have ... «Livemint, May 15»
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Blunting impact of the vagaries of weather
Blunting impact of the vagaries of weather. Heavy rainfalls led to floods in Jammu and Kashmir last year. Are there ways to prevent and minimise the damage ... «Chandigarh Tribune, May 15»
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BBC Trending: The vagaries of learning English
Tse Yin Lee joins us from BBC Monitoring to discuss the vagaries of learning English when you're Chinese. Last week hundreds of thousands of Chinese took to ... «BBC News, May 15»

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