Vague (?), a. [Compar.Vaguer (?); superl.Vaguest.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See Vague, v. i.]
1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. “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.
Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.
Syn. — Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.