vagary

(vā'gə-rē, və-gâr'ē)
n., pl., -ries.
An extravagant or erratic notion or action.

[From Latin vagārī, to wander, from vagus, wandering.]

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meaning 'an eccentric idea or action', is pronounced vay-gǝ-ri.

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noun

An impulsive, often illogical turn of mind: bee, boutade, caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, humor, impulse, megrim, notion, whim, whimsy. Idioms: bee in one's bonnet. See thoughts.

an erratic, extravagant or unpredictable manifestation, action or notion

IN BRIEF: Unpredictable act or idea.

That author used one vagary after another in the story.

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For a list of words related to vagary, see:

• Intuition and Imagination - vagary: erratic or unpredictable action or idea
• Fate - vagary: unpredictable, erratic, or uncertain action or event

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See words rhyming with "vagary."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - indfald, grille, lune

Nederlands (Dutch)
gril

Français (French)
n. - caprice

Deutsch (German)
n. - Laune

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ιδιοτροπία, καπρίτσιο, φαντασιοπληξία

Italiano (Italian)
capriccio, stravaganza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - excentricidade (f), capricho (m)

Русский (Russian)
странствовать, отклоняться от темы, прогулка, каприз, причуда

Español (Spanish)
n. - capricho, extravagancia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nyck, infall

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
奇特行为, 反复无常的行为, 奇想

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 奇特行為, 反復無常的行為, 奇想

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 엉뚱한 짓, 괴팍한 언행, 변덕

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - とっぴな行為, 予想のつかない変転, 気まぐれ, 酔狂

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نزوة, شذوذ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גחמה, שיגעון, קפריזה‬

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