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Webster 1913 Edition

Vague

Vague

(vāg)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Vaguer
(vāg′ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Vaguest
.]
[F.
vague
, or L.
vagus
. See
Vague
,
Verb.
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.

Vague

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
vague
.]
An indefinite expanse.
[R.]
The gray
vague
of unsympathizing sea.
Lowell.

Vague

,
Verb.
I.
[F.
vaguer
, L.
vagari
, fr.
vagus
roaming.]
To wander; to roam; to stray.
[Obs.]
“[The soul] doth vague and wander.”
Holland.

Vague

,
Noun.
A wandering; a vagary.
[Obs.]
Holinshed.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vague

VAGUE

,
Adj.
vag.
[L. vagus, wandering.]
1.
Wandering; vagrant; vagabond; as vague villains. [In this literal sense, not used.]
2.
Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite. He appears to have very vague ideas of this subject.
3.
Proceeding from no known authority; flying; uncertain; as a vague report.

Definition 2024

vagué

vagué

See also: vague

French

Verb

vagué m ‎(feminine singular vaguée, masculine plural vagués, feminine plural vaguées)

  1. past participle of vaguer

Spanish

Verb

vagué

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of vagar.

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