† vagationn.

Forms: Also Middle English vagacyone, Middle English–1500s vagacion, 1500s vagacyon, vagatione.

Etymology: < Latin vagātiōn-, vagātio, noun of action < vagārī to wander. Compare Old French vagation (Godefroy), Portuguese vagação.

Obsolete.

The action of wandering, straying, or departing from the proper or regular course; an instance or occasion of this; a wandering, rambling, roaming; an aberration. In literal and figurative use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > moving without fixed course

vagationc1340

roving?1520

straying1548

wandering1827

milling1924

minnow-twisting1935

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > straying or going astray

vagationc1340

straya1400

outstray?a1425

will gate1440

out-way going1532

straying1548

out-straying1589

aberrationa1594

estraying1598

taveringa1599

straggling1601

wandering1711

c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 14 Whene þe mynde es stablede sadely with-owtten changynge and vagacyone in Godd.

?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. xxvii. 219 Chase fro myn hert all maner darkenes, stablysshe the great vagacions of my mynde that I suffre.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 42 For this vagacion is caused of dulnes, and of heuynes of harte.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiii. 87 Ane of his familiar frendis inquyrit hym of the cause of his inconstant vagations.

1597 G. Harvey Trimming T. Nashe in Wks. (1885) III. 53 Neuerthelesse can I accuse you of lazines; for all this time of your vagation, with you I thinke the Signe hath been in Pisces.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 291 Socrates offended at the bold and blind vagations of men in their disputations about the measures of the Sunne.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. ii. 100 By this so curious and exact a Libration,..unseemly Contortions, and..Vagations of the Eye are prevented.

1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. iv. v. 94 I have my self observed a greater vagation in the third satellite.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	vagation
释义	† vagationn. Forms: Also Middle English vagacyone, Middle English–1500s vagacion, 1500s vagacyon, vagatione. Etymology: < Latin vagātiōn-, vagātio, noun of action < vagārī to wander. Compare Old French vagation (Godefroy), Portuguese vagação. Obsolete. The action of wandering, straying, or departing from the proper or regular course; an instance or occasion of this; a wandering, rambling, roaming; an aberration. In literal and figurative use. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > moving without fixed course vagationc1340 roving?1520 straying1548 wandering1827 milling1924 minnow-twisting1935 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > straying or going astray vagationc1340 straya1400 outstray?a1425 will gate1440 out-way going1532 straying1548 out-straying1589 aberrationa1594 estraying1598 taveringa1599 straggling1601 wandering1711 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 14 Whene þe mynde es stablede sadely with-owtten changynge and vagacyone in Godd. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. xxvii. 219 Chase fro myn hert all maner darkenes, stablysshe the great vagacions of my mynde that I suffre. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 42 For this vagacion is caused of dulnes, and of heuynes of harte. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiii. 87 Ane of his familiar frendis inquyrit hym of the cause of his inconstant vagations. 1597 G. Harvey Trimming T. Nashe in Wks. (1885) III. 53 Neuerthelesse can I accuse you of lazines; for all this time of your vagation, with you I thinke the Signe hath been in Pisces. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 291 Socrates offended at the bold and blind vagations of men in their disputations about the measures of the Sunne. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. ii. 100 By this so curious and exact a Libration,..unseemly Contortions, and..Vagations of the Eye are prevented. 1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. iv. v. 94 I have my self observed a greater vagation in the third satellite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1340
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