Originally Posted By: twosleepy
Speaking of vagaries... why isn't it spelled "vagueries"? Truly it looks funny to me (vagaries)! I don't see it often, but it's made several appearances on this thread. It has the same root as "vague", and one would think it would follow that spelling lead... Oh well! :0)


Because vague came to us through the French and you know how well they spell. Vagary came to us more or less straight from Latin. And they could spell just fine.