Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vagary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A frolic; a vagary; a whim.
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- noun obsolete A
frolic ; avagary ; awhim .
Etymologies
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Corrupted from vagary.
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Examples
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Ay, ay; nay, I confess, Illustrissima Signiora, my Governour has a Fit that takes him now and then, a kind of frensy, -- a figary -- a whimsy -- a maggot, that bites always at naming of Popery: [_Exit_.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Aphra Behn 1664
minerva commented on the word figary
These women think that all the business of the world must stand still for their figaries (a good female word, Jack!)-- the greatest triflers in the creation, to fancy themselves the most important beings in it...
Lovelace to Belford, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
December 17, 2007