vagrancyn.

Brit.

/ˈveɪɡr(ə)nsi/, U.S.

/ˈveɪɡrənsi/

Etymology: < vagrant adj.: see -ancy suffix.

1. figurative. The action or fact of wandering or digressing in mind, opinion, thought, etc.; an instance of this. (Cf. 3.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [noun]

wanderinga1300

evagationc1425

vagrancy1642

moonery1764

mooning1857

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun]

unsteadfastnessa1300

falsenessc1330

unstablenessc1380

varyingc1380

inconstancec1386

variance1390

geriness1412

instabilityc1422

changeability?a1425

mutabilitya1425

changec1425

changeableness1447

unconstancec1449

unstabilitya1470

mutableness1481

unsureness1481

instableness1483

variation1509

inconstancy1526

shittleness1530

fickleness1548

unconstancy1548

unconstantness1551

inconstantness?a1562

pliableness1562

fast and loose1575

volubility1603

levity1604

unconstability1611

flexibleness1623

vagrancy1642

self-inconsistency1655

inconsistency1665

flittingnessa1680

easiness1705

inconsistence1713

versatility1755

contrariety1762

vibration1785

changefulness1791

girouettism1825

pirouettism1839

weathercockism1843

pirouettiveness1844

volatileness1849

unfixity1856

ficklety1888

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L7^v Curious men will judge't a vagrancy To start thus from my scope.

1778 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) IV. 176 Of this vacillation and vagrancy of mind, I impute a great part to a fortuitous and unsettled life.

1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife II. xxxiv. 200 Poetry..has of late too much degenerated into personal satire,..and caricature;..it has exhibited the vagrancies of genius, without the inspiration.

1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 236 We can all of us apprehend the pretty vagrancy of the fancy.

1861 J. Tulloch Eng. Puritanism ii. 291 The workings of conscience helped to check the vagrancies of the heart.

a. The state, condition, or action of roaming abroad or wandering about from place to place.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering

wandering1362

roamingc1390

roving?1520

error1594

rangling1594

wanderment1597

rambling1622

rolling1624

vagancy1641

roverya1653

pervagation1656

oberration1658

vagrancya1677

stravaiging1825

scamander1873

outwandering1880

a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 27 Moses did not lose his affection towards his Countreymen, because he was by one of them threatned away into banishment and vagrancy.

a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 249 Therefore did he spend his days in continual labour, in restless travel, in endless vagrancy, going about and doing good.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 75 [Johnson:] As a shepherd..he is answerable for those that stray... But no man can be answerable..for vagrancy which he has not authority to restrain.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. i. 3 Before terminating for ever his vagrancies.

1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 131 Happier life I cannot imagine than this vagrancy, if the weather were but tolerable, through endless successions of changing beauty.

1889 B. Harte Cressy i. 5 It had been the habit of the master to utilize these preliminary vagrancies of his little flock.

in extended use.1884 Harper's Mag. Dec. 76/2 I was struck by the wild untutored vagrancy of every growing thing.

b. spec. Idle wandering with no settled habitation, occupation, or obvious means of support; conduct, life, or practices characteristic of vagrants or idle beggars.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage

loitering1530

vacabuncy1535

vagabondry1547

vagabuncy1549

roguing1577

roguery1594

vagabondinga1628

vagrancy1706

vagrance1751

vagabondizing1755

vagabondage1813

vagabondism1822

vag1859

beachcombing1867

trampism1893

hoboism1930

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Vagrancy, a vagrant, disorderly, or ill Course of Life.

a1792 E. Burke On Negro Code in Wks. (Bohn) V. 544 He shall by office prosecute them for the offences of idleness.., gaming, or vagrancy.

1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 145 Vagrancy had thus everywhere a colourable excuse given to it, and soon largely increased.

1876 J. Weiss Wit, Humor, & Shakespeare iv. 141 He ought to be taken up for vagrancy as having no visible means of support.

attributive.1901 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 406/1 The sleepy unwary are lucky if they escape the Island on a vagrancy commitment.

3. An instance or occasion of wandering or roaming; a rambling journey; a straying.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > instance of

rangec1450

rovec1550

vagary1577

ramble1639

roam1666

vagrancy1763

wander1843

peramble1933

bimble1980

1763 Ld. Hardwicke in Life (1847) III. xv. 381 The run~aways need not shorten their vagrancy on that account.

1799 J. Strutt Compl. View Dress & Habits People of Eng. II. 318 It was evidently his intention to hold up these idle vagrancies to ridicule.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vagrancy
释义	vagrancyn. Brit. /ˈveɪɡr(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈveɪɡrənsi/ Etymology: < vagrant adj.: see -ancy suffix. 1. figurative. The action or fact of wandering or digressing in mind, opinion, thought, etc.; an instance of this. (Cf. 3.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [noun] wanderinga1300 evagationc1425 vagrancy1642 moonery1764 mooning1857 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] unsteadfastnessa1300 falsenessc1330 unstablenessc1380 varyingc1380 inconstancec1386 variance1390 geriness1412 instabilityc1422 changeability?a1425 mutabilitya1425 changec1425 changeableness1447 unconstancec1449 unstabilitya1470 mutableness1481 unsureness1481 instableness1483 variation1509 inconstancy1526 shittleness1530 fickleness1548 unconstancy1548 unconstantness1551 inconstantness?a1562 pliableness1562 fast and loose1575 volubility1603 levity1604 unconstability1611 flexibleness1623 vagrancy1642 self-inconsistency1655 inconsistency1665 flittingnessa1680 easiness1705 inconsistence1713 versatility1755 contrariety1762 vibration1785 changefulness1791 girouettism1825 pirouettism1839 weathercockism1843 pirouettiveness1844 volatileness1849 unfixity1856 ficklety1888 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L7^v Curious men will judge't a vagrancy To start thus from my scope. 1778 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) IV. 176 Of this vacillation and vagrancy of mind, I impute a great part to a fortuitous and unsettled life. 1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife II. xxxiv. 200 Poetry..has of late too much degenerated into personal satire,..and caricature;..it has exhibited the vagrancies of genius, without the inspiration. 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 236 We can all of us apprehend the pretty vagrancy of the fancy. 1861 J. Tulloch Eng. Puritanism ii. 291 The workings of conscience helped to check the vagrancies of the heart. 2. a. The state, condition, or action of roaming abroad or wandering about from place to place. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering wandering1362 roamingc1390 roving?1520 error1594 rangling1594 wanderment1597 rambling1622 rolling1624 vagancy1641 roverya1653 pervagation1656 oberration1658 vagrancya1677 stravaiging1825 scamander1873 outwandering1880 a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 27 Moses did not lose his affection towards his Countreymen, because he was by one of them threatned away into banishment and vagrancy. a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 249 Therefore did he spend his days in continual labour, in restless travel, in endless vagrancy, going about and doing good. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 75 [Johnson:] As a shepherd..he is answerable for those that stray... But no man can be answerable..for vagrancy which he has not authority to restrain. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. i. 3 Before terminating for ever his vagrancies. 1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 131 Happier life I cannot imagine than this vagrancy, if the weather were but tolerable, through endless successions of changing beauty. 1889 B. Harte Cressy i. 5 It had been the habit of the master to utilize these preliminary vagrancies of his little flock. in extended use.1884 Harper's Mag. Dec. 76/2 I was struck by the wild untutored vagrancy of every growing thing. b. spec. Idle wandering with no settled habitation, occupation, or obvious means of support; conduct, life, or practices characteristic of vagrants or idle beggars. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage loitering1530 vacabuncy1535 vagabondry1547 vagabuncy1549 roguing1577 roguery1594 vagabondinga1628 vagrancy1706 vagrance1751 vagabondizing1755 vagabondage1813 vagabondism1822 vag1859 beachcombing1867 trampism1893 hoboism1930 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Vagrancy, a vagrant, disorderly, or ill Course of Life. a1792 E. Burke On Negro Code in Wks. (Bohn) V. 544 He shall by office prosecute them for the offences of idleness.., gaming, or vagrancy. 1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 145 Vagrancy had thus everywhere a colourable excuse given to it, and soon largely increased. 1876 J. Weiss Wit, Humor, & Shakespeare iv. 141 He ought to be taken up for vagrancy as having no visible means of support. attributive.1901 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 406/1 The sleepy unwary are lucky if they escape the Island on a vagrancy commitment. 3. An instance or occasion of wandering or roaming; a rambling journey; a straying. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > instance of rangec1450 rovec1550 vagary1577 ramble1639 roam1666 vagrancy1763 wander1843 peramble1933 bimble1980 1763 Ld. Hardwicke in Life (1847) III. xv. 381 The run~aways need not shorten their vagrancy on that account. 1799 J. Strutt Compl. View Dress & Habits People of Eng. II. 318 It was evidently his intention to hold up these idle vagrancies to ridicule. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1642
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