vagarious

[ vuh-gair-ee-uhs ]

adjective

1. characterized by vagaries; erratic; capricious:

   a vagarious foreign policy.

2. roving; wandering:

   vagarious artists.

vagarious

/ vəˈɡɛərɪəs /

adjective

1. rare.
   characterized or caused by vagaries; irregular or erratic

Derived Forms

• vaˈgariously, adverb

Other Words From

• va·gari·ous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of vagarious¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; vagary + -ous

Example Sentences

It is a troubling state of affairs indeed if the vagarious interests of one federal prosecutor, acting outside of public view, can determine so much about an individual’s future.

From Salon

Bozzy's vagarious search for a wife, described in the previous volume, has succeeded, and for the moment at least he is well-behaved.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not a memory had traversed the ground since to blur a detail, though now the adult faculties could apprehend distortion, the beautiful vagarious distortion that can live in a brain over toddling feet.

From Project Gutenberg

Let me return to the thought that the dramatist, in making the theme his own, may be tempted to present a view of life not only personal but eccentric and vagarious to the point of insanity.

From Project Gutenberg

With most primitive people, however, life is so vagarious and starvation so recurrent that they are not apt to retain their pets long enough to establish domesticated forms.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• abnormal
• arbitrary
• bizarre
• capricious
• eccentric
• inconsistent
• irregular
• mercurial
• uncertain
• unreliable
• unstable
• unusual
• volatile
• wayward
• weird
• whimsical