ˈvāgərē, -ri; vəˈger-, vāˈg-, -ˈga(a)r-, -ˈgār- sometimes ˈvāˌg-; sometimes ˈvagər- or ˈvaigər- noun
( -es )
Etymology: probably from Latin vagari to move about, wander; akin to Latin vagus wandering, Old Irish fān slope, bend, Sanskrit vañcati he goes crooked — more at prevaricate
1. archaic : journey , excursion , tour
permitted to make a walking vagary throughout all London — W.E.Andrews
2. archaic : an aimless digression
presently would fall into a wordy vagary — Richard Baxter
3.
a. obsolete : a departure from the regular, lawful, or proper course of conduct
b. : caper , frolic
into strange vagaries fell, as they would dance — John Milton
4. : a departure from an expected, normal, or logical order or course:
a. : a capricious, eccentric, or unpredictable action
fearing to entrust his person to the vagaries of some erratic cabdriver — David Walden
b. : a change that is hard to predict or explain
dependence of the schooner men upon the vagaries of weather — American Guide Series: Michigan
made the best of the vagaries of circumstance — Rose Macaulay
these prospects … hinge on the vagaries of politics — Fortune
independent of the vagaries of the international market — Vicki Baum
passes through a series of vagaries and vicissitudes — John Barkham
c. : a whimsical, fanciful, or extravagant idea or notion
his mind seemed … to be abandoned to vagaries — S.H.Adams