VAGARY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)

Example:

he has dealt with human vagaries for many years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("vagary" is a kind of...):

alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)

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