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Vague
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
An indefinite expanse. [R.] The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. Lowell.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] Holinshed.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague and wander." Holland.
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Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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 value. Longfellow. Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.
Synonyms: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.