Vagus
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 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."
- 2 a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera wordnet
- 3 Ellipsis of vagus nerve. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin vagus (“wandering, rambling, strolling”).