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Volage
Vo-lage′
,Adj.
[F.]
Light; giddy.
[Obs.]
They wroughten all their lust
volage
. Chaucer.
Definition 2024
volage
volage
English
Adjective
volage (comparative more volage, superlative most volage)
- Fickle, capricious, reckless.
- c.1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Prologue and Tale, in The Canterbury Tales,
- When Phoebus' wife had sent for her leman,
- Anon they wroughten all their lust volage.
- c.1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Prologue and Tale, in The Canterbury Tales,
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Old French, from Latin volaticus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔlaʒ/
Adjective
volage m, f (plural volages)