Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Vagrancy act 1824
Vagrancy committal
Black codes
Extortion
Verandah
Thirteenth amendment
Victimless crimes
Loitering
Nearby Words
vaginoscopy
vaginosis
vaginotomy
vaginula
vaginule
vagissate
vagitus uterinu...
vagn walfrid ek...
vago
vago-
vagodepressor
vagolysis
vagolytic
vagomimetic
vagotomy
vagotonia
vagotonic
vagotropic
vagous
vagovagal
vagrancy
vagrant
vagrant's disea...
vagrom
vague
vaguest
vagus
vagus nerve
vagus pulse
vagus-nerve
vah
vah river
vahana
vahine
vai
vaihinger, hans
vail
vaimure
vain
vain glorious
vain glory
vagrancy
[
vey
-gr
uh
n-see
]
Origin
Vagrancy
Law
www.uslegalforms.com/
Associated news and or court cases Visit our free Legal Dictionary
Dictionary.com Mobile
www.dictionary.com/mobile
Join 45 Million Happy Mobile Users Today On Our Award-Winning Four Star App. Download Now!
Ads
va·gran·cy
/
ˈveɪ
grən
si
/
Show Spelled
[
vey
-gr
uh
n-see
]
Show IPA
noun,
plural
va·gran·cies.
1.
the state or condition of being a
vagrant
:
an arrest for vagrancy.
2.
the conduct of a
vagrant
.
3.
mental wandering; reverie.
Origin:
1635–45;
vagr(ant)
+
-ancy
Related forms
non·va·gran·cy,
noun,
plural
non·va·gran·cies.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
vagrancy
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Vagrancy
is always a great word to know.
So is
ninnyhammer
. Does it mean:
So is
flibbertigibbet
. Does it mean:
So is
callithumpian
. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
vagrancy
(ˈveɪɡrənsɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-cies
1.
the state or condition of being a vagrant
2.
the conduct or mode of living of a vagrant
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
vagrancy
"life of idle begging," 1706, from
vagrant
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Vagrancy
People who can define
Vagrancy
may know
6,112
words.
How many words do you know?
Use Dictionary.com faster without ads >>
Related Words
pick
MORE
Matching Quote
"Our instructed
vagrancy
, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away early to the tropics, and is at home with palms and banyans—which is nourished on books of travel, and stretches the theatre of its imagination to the Zambesi."
-George Eliot
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT