vagary
[noun]
Synonyms: caprice, bee, boutade, conceit, crotchet, fancy, freak, humor, megrim, whim

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Related Idioms: passing fancy
Related Words: daydream, dream, fantasy, kink, quirk

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vagary verb & noun. ['veɪg(ǝ)ri] L16.
[Latin vagari wander, roam.]
A. verb intrans. Wander, roam. L16-L18.
b. noun.
1. A wandering or devious journey or tour; an excursion, a ramble. L16-E19.

2. An act of wandering or straying from the subject under consideration; a digression. L16-M18.

3. A departure from regular or usual norms of conduct or propriety; a frolic, a prank. Now rare or obsolete exc. as passing into sense 4. L16.

4. A capricious, outlandish, or eccentric act or notion; a caprice, a whim. Freq. foll. by of. E17.
■ G. H. Napheys To follow the vagaries of fashion.
■ L. Auchincloss Kitty shrugged as if the vagaries of the male sex were beyond her.

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