English-Thai Dictionary

vagary

N สิ่ง ที่ คาดเดา ไม่ได้  ความไม่แน่นอน  พฤติกรรม คาดเดา ไม่ได้  caprice inconsistency whimsy sing-thi-kad-dao-mai-dai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VAGARY

n.[L. vagus, wandering. ] A wandering of the thoughts; a wild freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose. They chang'd their minds, flew off, and into strange vagaries fell.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VAGARY

Va *ga "ry, n.; pl. Vagaries. Etym: [L. vagari to stroll about. See Vague. ]

 

1. A wandering or strolling. [Obs. ]

 

2. Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose. "The vagaries of a child. " Spectator. They changed their minds, Flew off, and into strange vagaries fell. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vagary

va gar y |ˈvāgərē ˈveɪɡəri | ▶noun ( pl. vagaries ) (usu. vagaries ) an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behavior: the vagaries of the weather. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (also as a verb in the sense ‘roam ’): from Latin vagari ‘wander. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

vagary

vagary |ˈveɪg (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. vagaries ) (usu. vagaries ) an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behaviour: the vagaries of the weather. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (also as a verb in the sense ‘roam ’): from Latin vagari ‘wander ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

vagary

vagary noun the vagaries of the weather: change, fluctuation, variation, quirk, peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity, unpredictability, caprice, foible, whim, whimsy, fancy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

vagary

vagary noun the vagaries of the weather: quirk, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity, unpredictability, fluctuation, foible, whim, whimsy, notion, conceit, caprice, fancy, kink, crotchet; informal hang-up, thing; rare megrim, singularity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

vagary

va ga ry /véɪɡ (ə )ri, vəɡé ə ri /名詞 複 -ries C ｟かたく ｠〖通例 -ries 〗とっぴな考え [行為 ], 奇行, 気まぐれ, むら気 .