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Vague year

Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. Vaguer (v[=a]g"[~e]r); superl. Vaguest.] [F. vague, or L. 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.

    Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.

    Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.

Usage examples of "vague year".

Among these analogies there is one which is worthy of attention--it is the use of the vague year of three hundred and sixty-five days, composed of equal months, and of five complementary days, equally employed at Thebes and Mexico--a distance of three thousand leagues.

After much calculation, checking, and rechecking, I decided that today was Oc in the tzolkin or sacred almanac, the fourth day of Cumku, the last month in the haab or vague year.