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adjective

Vague adj. (compar. vaguer; superl. vaguest)

Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. (Archaic) "To set upon the vague villains." "She danced along with vague, regardless eyes."

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." "The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought."

Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. "Some legend strange and vague."

Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.

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

noun

Vague n. An indefinite expanse. (R.) "The gray vague of unsympathizing sea."

Vague n. A wandering; a vagary. (Obs.)

verb

Vague v. i. To wander; to roam; to stray. (Obs.) "(The soul) doth vague and wander."

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Etymology of 'Vague'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Vague" Quotes from Famous Books

... for the credit which was attached to their mandates and predictions. If they were not dictated by a divinity, they were framed at least by a profound knowledge of mankind; they applied themselves exactly to the circumstances of individuals, and made a notable contrast to the vague and loose generalities of their rival temples. As Arbaces now arrived at the rails which separated the profane from the sacred place, a crowd, composed of all classes, but especially of the commercial, collected, breathless ...

— The Last Days of Pompeii • Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

... his father and mother almost effaced themselves, scarcely daring to ask him a question, even to discover what he would like for dinner, the fever of work fell away. It was replaced by dreary boredom or vague restlessness. He began to seek the society of his father and to smoke with him in silence. Now and again he even assisted at some of the medical operations which his father conducted as a charity. Once he pulled a tooth out from a pedlar's head, and Vassily Ivanovitch ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Vol VIII • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

... against her side was enough. She didn't look into the future, nor did she think of what fate the years held in store for her daughter, but content, lost in emotive contemplation, she watched the blind movements of hands and the vague staring of blue eyes. This puling pulp that was more intimately and intensely herself than herself developed strange yearnings in her, and she often trembled with pride in being the instrument through which so much mystery was worked; to talk to herself of the dark ...

— A Mummer's Wife • George Moore

... newcomer, pointing out the various interesting features of the little college town, in an attempt to put the stranger entirely at her ease after her disquieting experience. So far she had had slight opportunity to observe this latest freshman arrival. She had a vague idea that Jean Brent was an unusually attractive girl, but the side view she obtained of her, as they walked along, was far from satisfactory. The newcomer said little, and only once during the short ...

— Grace Harlowe's Problem • Jessie Graham Flower

... have a vague idea that what we call the 'ear' is only partly concerned with the work of hearing; but only a few know exactly what a complicated organ the ear, as a whole, really is. The external 'ear' only serves as an aid to the collection of sounds, and the real work of hearing is performed by a delicate ...

— Chatterbox, 1905. • Various

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