Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Vague

Vague (vāg) , adjective

[French vague, or Latin vagus. See Vague, v. i.]

1.
Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic]
To set upon the vague villains. — Hayward
She danced along with vague, regardless eyes. — Keats
2.
Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. — I. Taylor
The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. — Hawthorne
3.
Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
Some legend strange and vague. — Longfellow
Collocations (1)
Vague year , See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.

Vague , noun

[Compare French vague.]

An indefinite expanse. [Rare]
The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. — Lowell

Vague , intransitive verb

[French vaguer, Latin vagari, from vagus roaming.]

To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obsolete]
[The soul] doth vague and wander. — Holland

Vague , noun

A wandering; a vagary. [Obsolete] — Holinshed