About The Word Vague
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Vague
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What's The Definition Of Vague?
[adj] not clearly understood or expressed; "an indeterminate turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
[adj] not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness" [adj] lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" Synonyms | Synonyms for Vague: dim | faint | indefinable | indeterminate | indistinct | obscure | shadowy | unclear | undefinable | undefined | wispy Related Terms | Find terms related to Vague: See Also | indefinite Vague In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Vague\, n. [Cf. F. vague.] An indefinite expanse. [R.] The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. --Lowell. \Vague\, v. i. [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.] To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] ``[The soul] doth vague and wander.'' --Holland. \Vague\, n. A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] --Holinshed. |
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