| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  v g |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: vagu·er, vagu·est
1. Not clearly expressed; inexplicit. 2. Not thinking or expressing oneself clearly. 3. Lacking definite shape, form, or character; indistinct: saw a vague outline of a building through the fog. 4. Not clear in meaning or application. See synonyms at ambiguous. 5. Indistinctly felt, perceived, understood, or recalled; hazy: a vague uneasiness. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French, wandering, from Latin vagus. | | OTHER FORMS: | vague ly —ADVERB
vagueness —NOUN
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