Vague , n. A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.]
Holinshed.
Vague , v. i. [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus
roaming.]
To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague and wander." Holland.
Vague , n. [Cf. F. vague.]
An indefinite expanse. [R.]
The gray vague of unsympathizing sea.
Lowell.
Vague (vāg),
a. [Compar.
Vaguer (vāg"&etilde;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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