Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Vaguer"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. {Vaguer} (v[=a]g"[~e]r);
superl. {Vaguest}.] [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 vague. --Longfellow.

{Vague year}. See {Sothiac year}, under {Sothiac}.

Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous;
hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.


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