vagient

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/ˈveɪd͡ʒiənt/

adjective

Crying like a child.

OriginLatin vagiens →
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Meanings

adjectivevagient (comparative more vagient, superlative most vagient)

comparative more vagient · superlative most vagient

  1. formalobsoleteCrying like a child.

    vagient youngling

    1629, John Gaule, Practiqve Theories, or Votiue Speculations, vpon Iesvs Christs Prediction, Incarnation, Passion, Resurrection, London

Origin

  1. Latinvagiens
  2. Englishvagient

From Latin vagiens, present participle of vagire (“to cry like a young child”).

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APA

vagient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vagient

MLA

“vagient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vagient. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vagient,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vagient.

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