"vaguery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈveɪɡəɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vaguery.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vagueries [plural]
Etymology: vague + -ery, perhaps influenced by vagary. Attested since at least the 1800s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vague|ery}} vague + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vaguery (countable and uncountable, plural vagueries)
  1. (uncountable) Vagueness, the condition of being vague. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-vaguery-en-noun-5zkQnoCQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 68 16 17
  2. (countable) A vagueness, a thing which is vague, an example of vagueness. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-vaguery-en-noun-TkEKebvz
  3. (countable, in the plural) Misspelling of vagary. Tags: alt-of, countable, in-plural, misspelling Alternative form of: vagary
    Sense id: en-vaguery-en-noun-T1C6Pb-B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: vagary

Inflected forms

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