Dictionary

vagus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈveɪ.ɡəs/
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Etymology

Borrowing from Latin vagus (“wandering, rambling, strolling”).

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of vagus nerve.
   alt of vagus nerve
2. A homeless person or vagrant.
   • Though not referred in the Code as a domicile of origin, a child's place of origin is fixed by the place where his father had his domicile or, in defect of domicile, his quasi-domicile when the child was born, or where the mother had hers if the child was illegitimate or posthumous; if the parents were vagi it is the place where the child was born; if the child was a foundling the place where it was discovered. 1922, “Domicile”, in Charles George Herbermann, Edward A. Pace, editors, The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, volume 17, page 270:

Forms

Deriveds

vagotropic

Relateds

vague · nervus vagus