Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vagaries"

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

Vagary \Va*ga"ry\, n.; pl. {Vagaries}. [L. vagari to stroll
about. See {Vague}.]
1. A wandering or strolling. [Obs.]

2. Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful
freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose. ``The vagaries of a
child.'' --Spectator.

They changed their minds, Flew off, and into strange
vagaries fell. --Milton.


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