figary
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By sound change from vagary.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]figary (plural figaries)
- A whim or eccentricity.
- c. 1607–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Cupid’s Revenge”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- is she not a woman, and subject to those mad figaries her whole sex is infected with?
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXLII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- These women think that all the business of the world must stand still for their figaries (a good female word, Jack!) […] .