vaguingn.

Forms: Also Scottish1500s vaiging, 1600s vaigin, vaging.

Etymology: formed as vaguer n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvaguing.

Now rare.

The action of the verb; idle rambling or wandering; an instance or occasion of this. Chiefly Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

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

roilinga1398

roitinga1450

gadding1533

vaguing1596

expatiation1640

strolling1717

gallivanting1826

streeling1841

traiking1894

stooging1944

swanning1951

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 258 His wyfe..culde nocht suffir his foull, inordinat, and voluptuous vaiging by her.

1659 A. Hay Diary (1901) 38 That the Lord wold reforme..the vaigings and whorings of my heart.

1692 in Bower Hist. Univ. Edinb. I. 54 That thereby vaging and vice may be discouraged.

1770 J. Watt in Muirhead Life (1858) 203 The vaguing about the country, and bodily fatigue, have given me health and spirits.

1900 H. G. Graham Social Life Scotl. 18th Cent. (1901) III. ii. 92 The vaguing or loitering idly in the streets..was a subject of condemnation.

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

vaguingadj.

Forms: Also 1600s vaging.

Etymology: formed as vaguing n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvaguing.

Wandering, roving.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering

wanderingc1000

erringa1340

waggeringa1382

vagant1382

vagabond1426

erroneousa1464

fugitive1481

wavering1487

vagrantc1522

gadding1545

roaming1566

roving1576

straggling1589

rambling?1609

wagand1614

wheelinga1616

gadling1616

vagring1619

erratical1620

vaguing1627

erratic1656

planetical1656

waif1724

vagrarious1795

stravaiging1825

vagarious1882

pirooting1958

1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 223 Men of no setled abode; vaguing, or vagabond Iewes.

1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe 2715 Sathan,..who course doth take On wings of vaging thoughts, before to send His Messingers.

1633 W. Struther True Happines 135 Hee saw nothing beside, that could so much as draw his vaging desire to it.

1905 C. B. Gunn Rec. Baron Court Stitchill Introd. p. xxii The sturdy, vaguing beggar who would neither work nor want was a constant menace to the cottar and villager.

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

单词	vaguing
释义	vaguingn. Forms: Also Scottish1500s vaiging, 1600s vaigin, vaging. Etymology: formed as vaguer n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvaguing. Now rare. The action of the verb; idle rambling or wandering; an instance or occasion of this. Chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wandering idly roilinga1398 roitinga1450 gadding1533 vaguing1596 expatiation1640 strolling1717 gallivanting1826 streeling1841 traiking1894 stooging1944 swanning1951 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 258 His wyfe..culde nocht suffir his foull, inordinat, and voluptuous vaiging by her. 1659 A. Hay Diary (1901) 38 That the Lord wold reforme..the vaigings and whorings of my heart. 1692 in Bower Hist. Univ. Edinb. I. 54 That thereby vaging and vice may be discouraged. 1770 J. Watt in Muirhead Life (1858) 203 The vaguing about the country, and bodily fatigue, have given me health and spirits. 1900 H. G. Graham Social Life Scotl. 18th Cent. (1901) III. ii. 92 The vaguing or loitering idly in the streets..was a subject of condemnation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). vaguingadj. Forms: Also 1600s vaging. Etymology: formed as vaguing n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvaguing. Wandering, roving. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering wanderingc1000 erringa1340 waggeringa1382 vagant1382 vagabond1426 erroneousa1464 fugitive1481 wavering1487 vagrantc1522 gadding1545 roaming1566 roving1576 straggling1589 rambling?1609 wagand1614 wheelinga1616 gadling1616 vagring1619 erratical1620 vaguing1627 erratic1656 planetical1656 waif1724 vagrarious1795 stravaiging1825 vagarious1882 pirooting1958 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 223 Men of no setled abode; vaguing, or vagabond Iewes. 1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe 2715 Sathan,..who course doth take On wings of vaging thoughts, before to send His Messingers. 1633 W. Struther True Happines 135 Hee saw nothing beside, that could so much as draw his vaging desire to it. 1905 C. B. Gunn Rec. Baron Court Stitchill Introd. p. xxii The sturdy, vaguing beggar who would neither work nor want was a constant menace to the cottar and villager. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1596adj.1627
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