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vaguest

 

  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vague  \Vague\  (v[=a]g),  a.  [Compar.  {Vaguer}  (v[=a]g"[~e]r); 
  superl.  {Vaguest}.]  [F.  vague,  or  L.  vagus.  See  {Vague},  v. 
  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.




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