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n. pl. va·ga·ries
An extravagant or erratic notion or action.
[From Latin vagr, to wander, from vagus, wandering.]
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A plague on this vagary,
I'm in a nice quandary -
Of hasty tone
with dames unknown,
I ought to be more chary;
It seems that she's a fairy
From Andersen's library,
And I took her for the proprietor
Of a La-dies' Se-mi-nary!
-W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe Act I finale (1882)
A plague on this vagary,
I'm in a nice quandary -
Of hasty tone
with dames unknown,
I ought to be more chary;
It seems that she's a fairy
From Andersen's library,
And I took her for the proprietor
Of a La-dies' Se-mi-nary!
-W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe Act I finale (1882)
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