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Vague a. [Compar. Vaguer superl. Vaguest.]
1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] “To set upon the vague villains.”
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.