Definitions for vagary

vagary va·gar·y

Spelling: [vuh-gair-ee, vey-guh-ree]
IPA: /vəˈgɛər i, ˈveɪ gə ri/

Vagary is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in vagary (aagrvy).

Definitions for vagary

noun

  1. an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance:
  2. a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action.

Origin of vagary

1565-75, in sense “wandering journey”; apparently Latin vagārī to wander

Examples for vagary

He was ready for any illusion, susceptible to any vagary of the imagination.

How near they would pass depended on the vagary of the waves and the tide.

So, Stephen, after a lifetime of vagary and wandering, this is the result.

Now all the weird fancies of the night had been just a vagary of mind.

In this particular case, however, Bertram's vagary of fancy had some excuse.

They longed for a vagary into the country, and now they are fitted.

But such is the vagary of the human mind, that safety was the least of his thoughts.

The storm still raged, and she thought it was a vagary of the lightning.

What vagary had sent a girl who looked like this upon such a task!

If we could civilize our schools, we should have no mention of legislation by vagary.

Word Value for vagary
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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