Vagary

March ended in a very wild Vagary, in which all the Men were powdered over with flour, and wet again to the Skin.

John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778 1961

Vagary and quandary were shown in dictionaries until well after the 2nd World War as being stressed on the second syllable, although it is difficult to find even very elderly people who don’t smile if you suggest this pronunciation to them.

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"If after a first and second Vagary she would Accept of me returning her Victorious Kindness and Good Will would be very

Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

Vagary is as hard a word to turn into English as quadruped. "

The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820