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Meaning of "vagary" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VAGARY

Probably from Latin vagārī to roam; compare Latin vagusvague.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VAGARY

vagary  [ˈveɪɡərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VAGARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vagary 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 VAGARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

vagary

List of collective nouns in English

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Definition of vagary in the English dictionary

The definition of vagary in the dictionary is an erratic or outlandish notion or action; whim.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VAGARY


allegory
ˈælɪɡərɪ
amphigory
ˈæmfɪɡərɪ
buggery
ˈbʌɡərɪ
Calgary
ˈkælɡərɪ
category
ˈkætɪɡərɪ
figgery
ˈfɪɡərɪ
Gregory
ˈɡrɛɡərɪ
Hungary
ˈhʌŋɡərɪ
Nagari
ˈnɑːɡərɪ
niggery
ˈnɪɡərɪ
piggery
ˈpɪɡərɪ
priggery
ˈprɪɡərɪ
skulduggery
skʌlˈdʌɡərɪ
subcategory
ˈsʌbˌkætəɡərɪ
sugary
ˈʃʊɡərɪ
thuggery
ˈθʌɡərɪ
tigery
ˈtaɪɡərɪ
vinegary
ˈvɪnɪɡərɪ
Whiggery
ˈwɪɡərɪ
wiggery
ˈwɪɡərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VAGARY

vagabond
vagabondage
vagabondise
vagabondish
vagabondism
vagabondize
vagal
vagally
vagaries
vagarious
vagariously
vagarish
vagged
vagging
vagi
vagile
vagility
vagina
vaginae
vaginal

WORDS THAT END LIKE VAGARY

angary
anniversary
Austria-Hungary
beggary
boongary
contemporary
diary
dictionary
elementary
Elizabeth of Hungary
February
Gary
jaggary
January
library
Mary
military
necessary
on the contrary
primary

Synonyms and antonyms of vagary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VAGARY»

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

Translation of «vagary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VAGARY

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

Translator English - Chinese

不可捉摸的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

capricho
570 millions of speakers

English

vagary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

vagary
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

каприз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

extravagância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খেয়াল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aléa
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vagari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Laune
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

予測のつかない変動
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엉뚱한 짓
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vagary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

támh hay thay đổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எண்ணக் கோளாறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

योनि
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yelteklik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

capriccio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dziwactwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

каприз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ciudățenie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιδιοτροπία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kuur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vagary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vagary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vagary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VAGARY»

The term «vagary» is regularly used and occupies the 99.513 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VAGARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «vagary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «vagary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VAGARY»

Discover the use of vagary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vagary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Facing the Forces of Change: Decisive Actions for an ...
Vagary has a 1 00,000-square-foot plant situated just three miles from Pinpoint's Maintown branch. Leveraging information gathered through the company's CRM application, Pinpoint's marketing team communicated an internal alert that one ...
Guy Blissett, 2010
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Theories of Memory
In particular, I focus on three properties of concepts that seem particularly revealing of the cognitive mechanisms that produce them: flexibility, structure, and linguistic vagary. Concepts are flexible. Rather than existing as a stable set of features ...
Alan F. Collins, Susan E. Gathercole, Martin A. Conway, 1994
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Philosophical Logic
If this is not a straight-forward case of ambiguity, it is certainly a case of the more inclusive concept of semantical vagary. What Quine calls "referential opacity" is another kind of semantical vagary. I must confess that I am unable to see the ...
Peter M. Burkholder, Shannon Dubose, James W. Dye, 1968
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Publications
... rooke am I that sweareth all by "dam mee," By sucb I'le not o'er-reached bee — in this there's none can blame mee ; G8 No swaggering pimp, that champion is to Doll, to Kate, and Sary, I hate such slavish offices, those fit not my vagary.
Ballad Society, London, 1872
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Boating
Class lll—1. Agnes (Norlin); 2. Hummer (Neese); 3. Carronade (Dean). Second race: St. Petersburg—Fort Lauderdale, 370 miles Results: Div. I: Class l-1. Saudade; 2. Demon (Gilson); 3. Tandem (McAteer). Class ll—1. Vagary (Rodseth ); 2.
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Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
VAGARY. • She followedevery vagary of fashion. • Vagary (n): plries. • : anolderoreccentric idea or action: Whim, Caprice. • Synonyms: caprice, fancy, freak, notion, whim. VAGRANT. • Because hewas a strangerin town with no visible means of ...
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
7
The Mistress's Black Veil: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary
In this tale of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth was called home immediately after receiving Mr. Darcy's letter. Her father, while searching for his youngest daughter in London, succumbed to a cold and later died of heart failure.
M. K. Baxley, 2011
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Works
"A vagary of nature, wherein she has dir played less of her infinite wisdom than is usual. Could rotary levers he substituted for two of the limbs, agreeably to the improvement in my new order of phalangacrura, which might be rendered into the ...
J. Fenimore Cooper, 1828
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The Man about Town
Mrs. Patience Vagary, lady of Mr. Clement Vagary, only son and heir of the moody Baronet, hearing the hum and clamour of the distant fray from her bedchamber in the right wing of the Hall, hurried on her morning-wrapper, and made a forced ...
Cornelius Webbe, 1839
10
The Prairie:
“A vagary of nature, wherein she has displayed less of her infinite wisdom than is usual. Could rotary levers be substituted for two of the limbs, agreeably to the improvement in my new order of phalangacrura, which might be rendered into the ...
James Fenimore Cooper

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VAGARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vagary is used in the context of the following news items.
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For oil markets, it's one vagary or the other
The volatility in oil prices is a fact of life that interested parties have to deal with. The rare — or short — periods of relative stability are nothing more than a little ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
2
Kids gone! 50 ways to feather your empty nest
Until last weekend, when my daughter graduated from high school, the notion of "Empty Nester" was just a vagary, a distant ship that would surely arrive in the ... «The Courier-Journal, Jun 15»
3
FLUX columnist: It's time for the Church to change its anti-porn stance
The following essay was written by Vagary Eaton, a spirituality life coach (inspired by another spirituality writer, who shall remain nameless) who writes a regular ... «Catholic World Report, May 15»
4
Steelers, Kevin Colbert Rebuff Idea That Senquez Golson Was A …
That is an unusually forthright answer from Colbert, who is often the master of vagary when it comes to addressing questions about how the front office works. «Steelers Depot, May 15»
5
EDITORIAL: Congress should rein in EPA
Forty years on, and the EPA is an agency out of control, listening neither to Congress nor the courts, determined to substitute whim, caprice and vagary for ... «Washington Times, Mar 15»
6
Fine Cleveland Orchestra debuts by conductor Juanjo Mena and …
The resultant ovation, at any rate, suggested that the audience appreciated her victory over unexpected vagary. Satola is a freelance critic in Shaker Heights ... «cleveland.com, Feb 15»
7
John Doyle: Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul is a work of genius
(A visual vagary is the use of black and white for the present and startling colour palettes for the past.) We meet Saul before he was Saul – James (Jimmy) ... «The Globe and Mail, Feb 15»
8
Forum: Buildings such as Yale's Sterling Memorial Library mirror the …
Where do we go when we sense vagary? The solace of the past. Just as 19th century American robber barons found solace in historicism in the infant America, ... «New Haven Register, Feb 15»
9
Chinese Maritime Activism: Strategy Or Vagary?
Everybody who meditates on Chinese foreign policy has a theory of how China functions. This is only human: the mind needs to make sense of all the ... «The Diplomat, Dec 14»
10
What Scotland's referendum teaches me about punditry
I'm certainly guilty of the vagary of prediction. Indeed, if I'd had to put money on the outcome of the Scottish referendum, I probably would have bet on “No” ... «Washington Post, Sep 14»

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