'Vagary' definitions:
Definition of 'vagary'
From: WordNet
noun
An unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years"
Definition of 'Vagary'
From: GCIDE
- Vagary \Va*ga"ry\ (v[.a]*g[=a]"r[y^] or v[a^]g"[.a]*r[-e]), n.; pl. Vagaries (v[.a]*g[=a]"r[i^]z or v[a^]g"[.a]*r[-e]z). [L. vagari to stroll about. See Vague.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A wandering or strolling. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose. "The vagaries of a child." --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- They changed their minds, Flew off, and into strange vagaries fell. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vagary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberration,
- bee,
- boutade,
- brainstorm,
- capriccio,
- caprice,
- circuitousness,
- conceit,
- crank,
- craze,
- crazy idea,
- crosswiseness,
- crotchet,
- daydream,
- declination,
- deflection,
- deflexure,
- deviance,
- deviation,
- deviousness,
- diagonality,
- digression,
- divagation,
- divergence,
- dream,
- excursion,
- fad,
- fancy,
- fantastic notion,
- fantasy,
- flimflam,
- fool notion,
- freak,
- freakish inspiration,
- harebrained idea,
- humor,
- indirection,
- indirectness,
- kink,
- maggot,
- megrim,
- nonconformity,
- notion,
- obliqueness,
- obliquity,
- passing fancy,
- quirk,
- skewness,
- squint,
- toy,
- transverseness,
- whim,
- whim-wham,
- whimsy