vagaries
noun/ˈveɪɡəriz/
/ˈveɪɡəriz/
[plural] (formal)- changes in somebody/something that are difficult to predict or control
- All farmers are exposed to the vagaries of the weather.
- Their wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (also as a verb in the sense ‘roam’): from Latin vagari ‘wander’.Definitions on the go
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