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va⋅gar⋅y

  [vuh-gair-ee, vey-guh-ree]
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–noun, plural -gar⋅ies.
1. an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
2. a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action.
Origin:
1565–75, in sense “wandering journey”; appar. < L vagārī to wander

Synonyms:
2. caprice, whim, quirk, crotchet.
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va·ga·ry   (vā'gə-rē, və-gâr'ē)   
n.   pl. va·ga·ries
An extravagant or erratic notion or action.

[From Latin vagārī, to wander, from vagus, wandering.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

vagary 
1577, "a wandering, a roaming journey," probably from L. vagari "to wander, roam, be unsettled, spread abroad" from vagus "roving, wandering" (see vague). Current meaning of "eccentric notion or conduct" (1629) is from notion of mental wandering.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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