vagous

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adjective

Wandering; unsettled.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjectivevagous (comparative more vagous, superlative most vagous)

comparative more vagous · superlative most vagous

  1. obsoleteWandering; unsettled.

    But such as were born and begot of a single Woman, through a vagous Lust, […]

    1726, John Ayliffe, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
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    […] who dared to examine their Ways by the Law and by the Testimony when the Reformation of an apparent Error was censur'd as a Practice Heretical and damnable, and all under Pretence of a vagous and uncertain Infallibility […]

    1722, Luke Milbourne, A Legacy to the Church of England

    For tho' They discountenance a Vagous Ministry; I presume they only mean in those Parts of the World, where the People are Christianized and Churches gathered.

    1841(?), The American Quarterly Register, volumes 13-14, page 47

Origin

  1. Latinvagus
  2. Englishvagous

Latin vagus. See vague.

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