Vague (?), a. [Compar. Vaguer (?); 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 value.
Longfellow.
Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.
Syn. -- Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
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Vague, n. [Cf. F. vague.] An indefinite expanse. [R.]
The gray vague of unsympathizing sea.
Lowell.
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Vague, v. i. [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.] To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague and wander."
Holland.
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Vague, n. A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.]
Holinshed.
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