Vague /(vāg)/

Vague

a.
  1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic]
    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.
    The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought.
  3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
    Some legend strange and vague.

Phrases & Compounds

Vague year
See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.

Vague

n.
  1. An indefinite expanse. [R.]
    The gray vague of unsympathizing sea.

Vague

v. i.
  1. To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.]

Vague

n.
  1. A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.]