3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. Some legend strange and value. Longfellow. Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.
Syn. — Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
VAGUE
Vague, n. Etym: [Cf. F. vague.]
Defn: An indefinite expanse. [R.]
The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. Lowell.
VAGUE
Vague, v. i. Etym: [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.]
Defn: To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague and wander." Holland.
VAGUE
Vague, n.
Defn: A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] Holinshed.
VAGUELY
Vague"ly, adv.
Defn: In a vague manner.
What he vaguely hinted at, but dared not speak. Hawthorne.