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1. An unpredictable or eccentric change, action, or idea: People must learn to live with the vagaries of weather conditions.
2. A wild or fanciful notion or act; a whim: Joe had a sudden vagary that influenced his decision to move to Australia.
3. Etymology: from Latin vagari "to wander, to stroll about, to roam," from vagus "roving, wandering."
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2. A wild or fanciful notion or act; a whim: Joe had a sudden vagary that influenced his decision to move to Australia.
3. Etymology: from Latin vagari "to wander, to stroll about, to roam," from vagus "roving, wandering."
![An unexpected or odd conduct or behavior.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/vagary-1.jpg)
![A strange action or notion.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/vagary-2.jpg)
![An eccentric manifestation or action.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/vagary-3.jpg)
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“vagary”
A wild, crazy, or abnormal idea, action, or behavior. (2)
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