vagary

[ vuh-gair-ee, vey-guh-ree ]

/ vəˈgɛər i, ˈveɪ gə ri /

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noun, plural va·gar·ies.

an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.

a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action.

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2 caprice, whim, quirk, crotchet.

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Origin of vagary

1565–75, in sense “wandering journey”; apparently <Latin vagārī to wander

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How to use vagary in a sentence

What the record really shows is just how much the fate of the Presidency is governed by the vagaries of chance.
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After all, radically purist ideologies need to be sheltered from the vagaries of the world, and they can be expensive to maintain.
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They are invested in a longer, more honest view than the vicious vagaries permitted by partisan politics.
Top Reaganite Backs Obama Nuke Plan|John Avlon|April 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Rain storms, hot winds, sweltering intervals of intolerable heat—these were vagaries of nature and might be endured.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

Even to those who have not faith, the victories of God's truth over the vagaries of men is an earnest of future triumph.
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
In fact (smiles slightly) Council has not been idle in its own pursuit of Mr. Beardsley's vagaries!
We're Friends, Now|Henry Hasse
And Jaffery especially found perpetual enjoyment in the vagaries of Liosha.
Jaffery|William J. Locke
With all my vagaries, my uncertain emotions, I didn't want just the excitement of an affair, an amorous adventure.
The Hidden Places|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for vagary

vagary

/ (ˈveɪɡərɪ, vəˈɡɛərɪ) /

noun plural -garies

an erratic or outlandish notion or action; whim

Word Origin for vagary

C16: probably from Latin vagārī to roam; compare Latin vagus vague

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