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vagous

vagous adjective: wandering; unsettled.

Adjective

vagous (comparative more vagous, superlative most vagous)

  1. (obsolete) Wandering; 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)
    • […] 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

Forms of vagous

comparativemore vagous
superlativemost vagous

Origin of vagous

Latin vagus. See vague.

Questions about vagous

What does vagous mean?
Vagous means wandering; unsettled.
What part of speech is vagous?
Vagous is an adjective.

Words near vagous in the dictionary

  1. vagotomy
  2. vagotonia
  3. vagotonias
  4. vagotonic
  5. vagotropic
  6. vagous
  7. vagovagal
  8. vagrance
  9. vagrancies
  10. vagrancy
  11. vagrant

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